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Kharge calls for CEC’s resignation and halt to voter-roll revision
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over alleged irregularities in voter rolls.
Kharge said the INDIA bloc also wants an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls and the restoration of names it says were wrongly removed.
He cited concerns about voter applications and records in Uttar Pradesh, while accusing the Election Commission and the BJP of working together; these claims are allegations.
The bloc also wants the law granting certain legal protections to election commissioners repealed and paper ballots used instead of electronic voting machines.
The dispute matters because voter rolls determine who can vote, and the opposition says the revision process risks excluding eligible voters.
Kharge urged people to join the bloc’s November 1 march and rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to press its demands.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign and for an immediate halt to the revision of electoral rolls.
Kharge said the INDIA bloc also wants the 2023 law protecting election commissioners repealed and elections conducted using paper ballots.
He accused the government and the Election Commission of India of enabling or protecting alleged voter-roll irregularities, claims not independently established in the articles.
Kharge urged people to join an INDIA bloc march and rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1.
He made the demands in a post on X and at a Congress event in Patna.
- Who
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the INDIA bloc.
- What
- Kharge demanded the CEC’s resignation, a halt to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and a return to paper ballots.
- When
- He made remarks on Sunday, October 25, and outlined demands in a post on Monday, October 26, 2026.
- Where
- Kharge spoke in Patna and posted on X; the planned march and rally are at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
- Why
- Kharge said the demands were a response to alleged voter-roll irregularities and “vote theft.
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Kharge addressed a function in Patna and called for the CEC’s ouster and a curb on the SIR exercise.
Kharge outlined the INDIA bloc’s demands in a post on X.
The INDIA bloc plans to hold a march and rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Gyanesh Kumar
- Voter-roll revision
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- Unpublished Form-6 applications
- 16.18 lakh in Uttar Pradesh, according to Kharge
- Pilibhit voter records
- Irregularities alleged in records relating to 10,470 voters
- Planned rally
- November 1 at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi
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What people are saying
Even after countless revelations of vote theft, the Modi government is resorting to every possible trick to protect Gyanesh Kumar!
Electors are being cheated in the name of SIR.
This is not just a fight to save votes; it is a people's struggle to save the Constitution and democracy,
I am pained that socialist leaders like Nitish Kumar joined hands with people who believe in RSS ideology,