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MP Congress Announces Protests Demanding Chief Election Commissioner’s Resignation
The Madhya Pradesh Congress says the voter-list revision process had serious problems.
It wants Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The party will hold protests beginning September 28.
It plans to surround the chief electoral officer’s office and demonstrate outside collectorates.
Congress says millions of names were removed from the state’s voter rolls.
It wants officials to explain why names were deleted or restored.
The party also wants more information about how election officers handled the digital records.
Congress says the issue affects all voters, not only political parties.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress announced protests from September 28 demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The party plans to encircle the chief electoral officer’s office on September 28 and protest outside collectorates on September 29.
State Congress chief Jitu Patwari alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Patwari cited 34,25,078 voter names removed from Madhya Pradesh’s final roll after the revision process.
Congress demanded publication of deleted-name details, restoration decisions, and an audit trail of officials’ roles in the digital electoral system.
- Who
- The Madhya Pradesh Congress, led by state unit chief Jitu Patwari, is demanding action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- The Congress announced protests and demanded Kumar’s resignation, removal, and an independent review of electoral-roll decisions.
- Where
- The protests are planned at the state chief electoral officer’s office and outside collectorates in Madhya Pradesh.
- When
- The article is dated September 24; protests are planned for September 28 and 29, while the national Congress directed state units to protest on September 25.
- Why
- Congress alleges wrongdoing and inadequate transparency during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Key facts
- Protest dates
- September 28 and 29 in Madhya Pradesh
- September 28 action
- The Congress plans to encircle the state chief electoral officer’s office.
- September 29 action
- The party plans protests outside collectorates.
- Final electoral roll
- The final roll cited by Patwari contained 5,39,81,065 voters and was published on February 21.
- Names removed
- Patwari said 34,25,078 names were removed in the final exercise.
- Inclusion applications
- About 7.17 lakh applications were received to add names during the claims and objections process.
- Deletion objections
- About 83,000 objections sought deletion of names.
Quotes
Jitu Patwari
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief commenting on Donald Trump’s praise for the SIR process
“The ECI must make public details of the 34.25 lakh names deleted from the final roll, along with details of names restored after the claims and objections process”
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“Trump can take him (Kumar) to the US”
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