Congress to Protest Across Maharashtra on September 28 to Demand Action Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The party said the revision removed 13 crore voters nationwide and left 47 lakh added names in Maharashtra unaccounted for.
- Today, September 28, Congress is staging protests across Maharashtra, demanding the dismissal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom the party accuses of acting in a biased manner.
- Congress alleges Kumar undermined the Constitution to benefit the BJP, citing the removal of 13 crore voters nationwide during the Special Intensive Revision , with similar deletions in Bihar and West Bengal.
- Party leaders claim 47 lakh voters were added to Maharashtra rolls before the 2024 elections with unknown whereabouts, asserting this vindicates Rahul Gandhi's repeated claims regarding "vote theft."
- Backing a Supreme Court plea, Congress' Rakesh Sinha is seeking an SIT probe into the CEC, asserting that "Vote theft is theft of democracy."
- The Election Commission maintains all SIR orders received unanimous approval from the three Election Commissioners, and that recent changes to Form 6 were upheld by the Supreme Court.
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SIR row: Congress holds protests across Maharashtra against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Mumbai, Sep 28 (PTI) The Maharashtra Congress on Monday held protests across the state seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over what the party claimed were irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and biased functioning of the Election Commission of India. The Congress alleged the CEC and the […]
Maharashtra Congress to protest over voter rolls, demand Gyanesh Kumar's arrest
The Congress will stage statewide protests in Maharashtra on September 28 against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The confrontation has intensified the political battle over voter roll revision as the Election Commission insists its decisions were collective and lawful.
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Times of IndiaCongress to protest across Maharashtra on September 28 to demand action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Congress announced on Saturday that it will stage protests across Maharashtra on September 28, demanding the dismissal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The party alleged that 13 crore voters were removed from electoral rolls across the country during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and that 47 lakh voters had been added to the electoral rolls before the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections. The party said that its lea…
Maha Congress stages agitation against Gyanesh Kumar - tennews.in: National News Portal
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