MP: Youth Congress stages protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Bhopal, demands resignation
Congress workers in Kalaburagi demanded Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, alleging the Election Commission mishandled voter-roll revisions and ignored objections recorded 14 times by two commissioners.
- On Monday, Congress workers held nationwide protests demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with major demonstrations in Hyderabad and Ranchi.
- Tensions escalated after Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions concerning voter deletions and database access made without their knowledge.
- Party leaders alleged that the SIR process, termed "vote chori," disenfranchised millions of voters nationwide, with Congress claiming the exercise specifically targeted Muslim, Christian, OBC, and SC/ST communities to benefit the BJP.
- Demonstrations turned confrontational in Agra, where police detained two Congress leaders and registered FIRs after protesters allegedly defaced CEC Kumar's ancestral residence with derogatory slogans on the main gate.
- While the Election Commission maintains all SIR decisions were approved unanimously, the INDIA bloc plans a September 30 meeting to coordinate strategy, including potential parliamentary notices demanding Kumar's removal.
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Congress hits streets against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, demands his removal
The Congress party has launched nationwide protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his removal. Accusing him of acting in favour of the BJP and citing alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions (SIR), party workers burned effigies and clashed with police. Opposition parties plan further action, including a meeting of the INDIA bloc to strategize for his ouster.
Congress continues nationwide protests, mounts pressure for resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Protests by the Congress and some other opposition parties for resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar continued on Monday with leaders questioning the way decisions had been taken concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters lists and the process of addition and deletion of voters.
TPCC hold protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress on Monday, September 28, protested for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at several places across the state. In Hyderabad, the protest was led by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Vikramarka Bhatti, IT Minister D Sridhar Babu and Congress MP Kiran … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainm…
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