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MP Congress Protests Electoral Roll Revision, Supports Rahul Gandhi
The Congress party held protests in Madhya Pradesh about changes to voter lists.
The party said the changes could affect people’s right to vote and demanded that election chief Gyanesh Kumar resign.
In Bhopal, party leaders marched and protesters sat in the road, slowing traffic.
Congress also objected to police action during a protest in Delhi involving Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition lawmakers.
The party said it would keep raising questions about elections through democratic protests.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav disagreed with Congress’s claims.
He said the party should look at its own organization and leadership.
He also pointed to Congress victories in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh while questioning its criticism of the election process.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress held state-wide protests against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, following a nationwide party call.
Protesters demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and said the campaign was intended to defend voting rights.
In Bhopal, leaders including Digvijaya Singh, Jitu Patwari and Umang Singhar led a march; a sit-in disrupted traffic and police were deployed.
Congress said it was marking a “Black Day” over police action against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and INDIA bloc MPs during a Delhi demonstration.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav criticized the Congress’s allegations and urged it to examine its organization and leadership.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders and workers; Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also commented.
- What
- Congress staged protests against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Where
- Across Madhya Pradesh, including Bhopal, Indore and Sagar.
- When
- Thursday.
- Why
- Congress said it was defending voting rights and protesting the electoral-roll revision and police action during an opposition demonstration in Delhi.
Congress
Mohan Yadav
Electoral-roll revision and election process
Congress
Congress alleged that voting rights were being taken away, questioned the electoral-roll revision and called for an impartial Election Commission.
Mohan Yadav
Yadav criticized Congress for blaming the Election Commission for electoral setbacks and said the party should examine its organization and leadership.
Congress criticism of election processes
Congress
Congress said it would continue to raise questions about electoral rolls and the election process through democratic means.
Mohan Yadav
Yadav questioned the criticism by citing Congress governments in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh and asking what its victory in Kerala meant if it distrusted the Election Commission’s process.
Key facts
- Protests
- Held at block and district levels across Madhya Pradesh.
- Bhopal march
- From Board Office Square to the Ambedkar statue.
- Bhopal protest leaders
- Digvijaya Singh, Jitu Patwari and Umang Singhar.
- Congress demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Traffic impact
- Protesters sat and lay on the road at a busy Bhopal intersection, disrupting traffic.
- Other protests
- Congress workers burned an effigy in Indore; in Sagar, workers dressed in black and tied their hands before burning an effigy.
- Chief minister's response
- Mohan Yadav said Congress should introspect about its organization and leadership.
Quotes
Digvijaya Singh
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader
“The votes of 13 crore people have been stolen. Who stole these votes? This is not a battle for Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi; it is a fight for the rights of the people of this country.”
thehansindia.com
“We have to sit on the road in the interest of the people. We are protesting to restore the rights that have been taken away from the people.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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