CEC Kumar Should Be Prosecuted for Treason for Allowing 'Unfair' Polls: Priyanka Gandhi
She said alleged voter-roll tampering that deleted 13 crore names should lead to criminal charges and no legal protection for the chief election commissioner.
- On Thursday, Wayanad Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra demanded the criminal prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging he committed "treason" by intentionally allowing an "unfair" election through deletion of 13 crore voters.
- An Indian Express report claimed Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding decisions related to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Priyanka argued that tampering with voter rolls and deleting 13 crore names constitutes "a criminal act against democracy, against the Constitution and against the nation," asserting Kumar ignored warnings from his colleagues about irregularities.
- Responding to the controversy, the Election Commission asserted that internal deliberations are normal and that all official orders "are an outcome of the unanimous decisions of the full Commission in the past one year."
- This intervention intensifies growing Opposition pressure regarding the SIR exercise, with Congress leaders alleging that large-scale exclusions could disenfranchise legitimate voters across states and Union Territories.
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CEC Kumar should be prosecuted for treason for allowing 'unfair' polls: Priyanka Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has called for the criminal prosecution of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. She alleges he allowed unfair elections by deleting 13 crore voters from electoral rolls. Vadra stated that such actions undermine democracy and the constitution. Two Election Commissioners raised concerns about the decision-making process relating to voter deletions but were ignored. The Election Commission maintains that all decisions we…
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