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Rahul Gandhi Waves Tricolour During INDIA Bloc Protest
Opposition lawmakers marched in Delhi towards the office of the Election Commission.
They wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Police stopped the march with barricades.
Rahul Gandhi climbed onto one barricade and waved the Indian flag.
He and other leaders later sat on the road to protest.
Reports said Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were briefly detained.
The protesters said changes to voter lists could remove people who should be allowed to vote.
They also raised concerns about a voter-registration form.
The articles do not include a response from the Election Commission to these allegations.
INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday.
Rahul Gandhi climbed a police barricade and waved the Tricolour after police stopped the march.
Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders staged a sit-in; reports said the two were briefly detained.
Protesters demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged problems with the voter-roll revision.
Opposition parties said the Special Intensive Revision could delete legitimate voters and raised concerns about Form 6.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders and MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, protested.
- What
- They marched towards the Election Commission headquarters, demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over allegations concerning voter-roll revision.
- Where
- Delhi, on the route from Parliament towards the Election Commission headquarters.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles do not specify a date.
- Why
- The Opposition alleges that the Special Intensive Revision could delete legitimate voters and has raised concerns about changes to Form 6.
Key facts
- Protest route
- From the Parliament complex towards the Election Commission headquarters
- Main demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Voter-roll exercise
- Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- Other concern
- Opposition parties questioned changes to Form 6, used for voter registration
- Barricade incident
- Rahul Gandhi climbed a police barricade and waved the Tricolour
- Detentions
- The second article reported that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were briefly detained; it also reported that other MPs were being taken away in buses
- Additional protest action
- The first article reported a sit-in near NITI Aayog and an attempt by MPs to push open the gates of Akashvani Bhawan
Quotes
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president
“The way 13 crore votes have been deleted, the way vote theft has taken place, and the way Form 6 has been misused, after all this, Gyanesh Kumar's place is not in the Election Commission office, but in Tihar Jail...”
thehansindia.com
“This is a fight; we will keep fighting, and we will throw these thieves out. We are fully determined to save democracy, and we are fighting for democracy and nothing else.”
thehansindia.com
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