Opposition holds mega rally demanding removal of CEC
The opposition alliance gathered in Delhi to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post and the filing of a sedition case against him.
A large gathering was held by the joint alliance of opposition parties inside the capital's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday. During this rally, leaders raised a demand to immediately remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghosh said that an impeachment motion against the election commissioner has been passed and the central government should initiate formal proceedings to dismiss him.
Addressing the rally, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said that the Chief Election Commissioner will have to step down from his post and go to jail under charges of sedition. He alleged that after the last general elections, 13.5 crore citizens' names were removed from voter lists, which is about 15 percent of the total voters. He also alleged discrepancies in the Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. He said that following action against Gyanesh Kumar, the opposition will demand answers from the government regarding the country's wealth and democratic rights. He alleged that the country's wealth is being handed over to select businessmen and the electoral system has failed to protect the rights of the people.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee alleged that vote counting and voter lists were tampered with during the West Bengal elections. She claimed that over one crore voters' names were deleted from the lists before the elections in the state. She said that people's right to vote has been robbed through the voter list revision process.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, mentioning the Mahabharata, compared the election process to Shakuni's dice and demanded that a sedition case be registered against Gyanesh Kumar. Meanwhile, AISA President Neha Bora alleged that people peacefully protesting against the voter list revision were pressured by the police.
On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party took out a protest march in West Delhi over the issue of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Led by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra, the march demanded an apology from Congress and condemned Congress for holding a political rally on November 1.
Nothing has yet been proved in court.
Key developments
- Opposition alliance held a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan against the Chief Election Commissioner.
- The opposition demanded the dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee alleged that crores of names were deleted from voter lists.
- BJP took out a protest march against Congress in West Delhi over the 1984 riots issue.
