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Punjab Congress Protests, Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation
Congress workers held a protest in Ferozepur, Punjab.
They wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign and be arrested.
Protest leader Amarinder Singh Raja Warring accused the Election Commission of deleting voters from electoral lists.
He said this had affected many voters across India and in Punjab.
These claims were made by Warring and were not independently established in the reports.
He also accused the Election Commission of helping the BJP and RSS.
The protesters burned effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gyanesh Kumar.
Warring further criticized Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government and other political leaders.
He said they were encouraging the criminalization of politics and gangster culture.
Thousands of Congress workers protested in Ferozepur, Punjab, demanding the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring accused the Election Commission of undermining democracy and deleting voters from electoral rolls.
Warring claimed 13.8 crore voters nationwide and 20 lakh voters in Punjab had been disenfranchised through alleged deletions.
Protesters burned effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Warring also accused the Aam Aadmi Party government, BJP and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal of encouraging political and gangster culture in Punjab.
- Who
- Punjab Congress workers, led by state Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, protested against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- They demanded Kumar’s resignation and arrest and accused the Election Commission of deleting voters and undermining democracy.
- Where
- Ferozepur, Punjab.
- When
- Monday, September 28, according to the report.
- Why
- Congress leaders said alleged deletions from electoral rolls were disenfranchising voters and benefiting the BJP; they also criticized the Punjab government’s alleged conduct in local elections and politics.
Congress allegations
Officials and rival parties’ stated positions
Electoral-roll deletions
Congress allegations
Warring alleged that the Election Commission was deleting voters believed to oppose the BJP and RSS, including 20 lakh names in Punjab and 13.8 crore nationwide.
Officials and rival parties’ stated positions
The reports do not include a response from the Election Commission, BJP or RSS to these allegations.
Election outcomes and oversight
Congress allegations
Warring said results in Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana contradicted ground realities and public opinion, and accused the Election Commission of collusion with the BJP and RSS.
Officials and rival parties’ stated positions
The reports provide no response from the Election Commission or the named political organizations regarding these claims.
Punjab governance and political crime
Congress allegations
Warring accused the Aam Aadmi Party government, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal of encouraging gangster culture and alleged that AAP had subverted municipal election results.
Officials and rival parties’ stated positions
The reports do not include responses from the Aam Aadmi Party, Bhagwant Mann or Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Key facts
- Protest location
- Ferozepur, Punjab
- Organizing party
- Indian National Congress
- Protest leader
- Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Punjab Congress chief
- Main demand
- Resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Claimed nationwide deletions
- 13.8 crore voters, according to Warring
- Claimed Punjab deletions
- 20 lakh names from Punjab electoral rolls, according to Warring
- Demonstration action
- Protesters burned effigies of Narendra Modi and Gyanesh Kumar
Quotes
Amarinder Singh Raja Warring
Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP who led the Ferozepur protest
“It was the standard practice of the Election Commission to carry out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the states and delete votes to help the BJP and same thing was happening in Punjab”
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Sources
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