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‘Gyanesh Gaddar’: Youth Congress Defaces CEC's Agra Home During Protest
Police arrested two Congress leaders after protesters spray-painted slogans on Gyanesh Kumar’s home and the party widened its agitation over electoral-roll concerns.
On Monday, police arrested two Congress leaders after workers defaced Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's Agra residence, spray-painting "Gyanesh Gaddar, Gyanesh Chor" on the main gate and wall.
This incident follows an intensifying confrontation between Congress and the Election Commission over the poll panel's functioning, particularly the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
An investigation by The Indian Express last week claimed two Election Commissioners formally raised objections on 14 occasions over 10 months, calling specific voter enrolment changes "unauthorised/illegal."
Demonstrations spread across Uttar Pradesh, with Congress members staging protests in Lucknow, Varanasi, and Mathura, resulting in multiple arrests and police interventions.
Congress demands the CEC's resignation and a comprehensive probe into electoral irregularities, while Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticized the opposition's actions as "extremely irresponsible.