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INDIA Bloc Leaders Gather at Moets Amid Anti-CEC Protests
Mallikarjun Kharge invited leaders from the INDIA bloc to lunch at a Delhi restaurant called Moets.
The lunch happened while opposition leaders were protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
They want him to resign over allegations connected to changes to voter lists.
The Election Commission says its plans and timing for those changes were approved unanimously.
Some opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were detained during protests.
The group also expected to hold a joint press conference later that day.
Moets has been part of Delhi’s food scene since it opened in 1965.
It began in Defence Colony and later grew into restaurants and catering.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge invited INDIA bloc leaders to lunch at Moets in Connaught Place, New Delhi.
The gathering followed a luncheon Kharge hosted for opposition leaders at Sagar Ratna the previous day.
Opposition leaders have protested against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demanded his resignation over allegations linked to the electoral-roll revision.
The Election Commission has said its Special Intensive Revision orders and schedules received unanimous approval.
Moets was established in Defence Colony in 1965 and has since expanded into restaurants, catering and other food concepts.
- Who
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and INDIA bloc leaders.
- What
- Kharge invited opposition leaders to a luncheon at Moets.
- Where
- Moets in Connaught Place, New Delhi.
- When
- The article gives no calendar date; the lunch was the day after Kharge hosted leaders at Sagar Ratna.
- Why
- The lunch took place amid opposition protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over allegations linked to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Opposition leaders
Election Commission
Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Opposition leaders
Opposition leaders protested over allegations linked to the revision and demanded the CEC’s resignation.
Election Commission
The Election Commission said its SIR orders and schedules received unanimous approval.
Key facts
- Restaurant
- Moets
- Meeting location
- Connaught Place, New Delhi
- Moets established
- 1965, in Defence Colony
- Previous luncheon venue
- Sagar Ratna
- Protest demand
- Opposition leaders demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Election Commission position
- It said the SIR orders and schedules received unanimous approval.
Sources
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