In ‘public impeachment’ of Gyanesh Kumar, INDIA bloc accuses CEC of ‘conspiring to steal votes’
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The Opposition INDIA bloc on Saturday staged a symbolic “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of “conspiring to steal elections” by “ensuring the intentional deletion of 13 crore voters”.
The demonstration was held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Saturday, a day before the Opposition’s “Chalo Dilli” march against alleged vote theft through the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and to press for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The “public impeachment” followed a mock parliamentary format, with Kharge, the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, moving a symbolic motion for Gyanesh Kumar’s removal from his post.
Kharge said that the deletion of Indians as voters during special intensive revision was a “criminal act and an act against the Constitution of India”.
The Opposition parties further alleged that the chief election commissioner had “acted at the behest” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presided over the mock impeachment. She was the speaker in the Lower House of Parliament from 2009 to 2014, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was in power.
The event, originally scheduled for Friday, was postponed due to incessant rainfall in the national capital.
In his speech, Kharge also demanded that the 2023 Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election...