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Opposition Urges Murmu to Repeal Recent Assembly Polls
Opposition leaders met President Droupadi Murmu to share concerns about how elections are being run.
They asked for the chief election commissioner to resign and for several recent election and voting changes to be reversed.
They also want paper ballots used again and say 13.30 crore voters were removed from voter lists.
These are the opposition’s claims and demands.
Rahul Gandhi said the leaders plan to take their concerns to the Supreme Court on Monday.
Earlier, police stopped their march near Vijay Chowk.
Some leaders went to meet the President, while others held a sit-in.
INDIA bloc leaders met President Droupadi Murmu and submitted a memorandum with four demands.
The demands include the CEC’s resignation, scrapping assembly elections held over the past two years, suspending the electoral-roll revision, and returning to paper ballots.
The memorandum also called for restoring 13.30 crore voters allegedly deleted from electoral rolls.
Rahul Gandhi said opposition leaders would take a memorandum to the Supreme Court on Monday.
Police stopped opposition MPs’ march toward Vijay Chowk; some leaders later met Murmu while others held a sit-in.
- Who
- Leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee and Omar Abdullah.
- What
- They submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu with four demands concerning the Election Commission and elections.
- Where
- New Delhi, at the President’s meeting and along the route from Parliament House toward Vijay Chowk.
- When
- Friday; Rahul Gandhi said the opposition would approach the Supreme Court on Monday.
- Why
- The opposition said it was acting over concerns about the Election Commission’s functioning and alleged vote theft.
Key facts
- Demands
- CEC resignation; scrapping assembly elections held over the last two years; suspension of the Special Intensive Revision; return to paper ballots.
- Voter-list claim
- The memorandum sought restoration of 13.30 crore voters allegedly deleted from electoral rolls.
- Meeting
- INDIA bloc leaders submitted the memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu on Friday.
- Supreme Court
- Rahul Gandhi said opposition leaders would approach the Supreme Court on Monday.
- Memorandum signatories
- The article says 16 leaders from 16 different parties signed the memorandum.
- Protest
- Police stopped the MPs’ march toward Vijay Chowk; some opposition leaders held a sit-in at Kartavya Path.
Quotes
Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader who spoke after the opposition delegation met President Droupadi Murmu.
“I expected President to deny that ‘vote chori’ is taking place; I was shocked, stunned that she accepted what we said”
thehansindia.com
“We will go to Supreme Court on Monday to meet Chief Justice of India and hand over memorandum to him”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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