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Ranchi Congress Workers Demand Election Chief’s Resignation
Hundreds of Congress party workers held a protest in Ranchi.
They want Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Some protesters dressed in white to look like “ghost voters.”
They said people’s names had been removed from voter lists during a review called the Special Intensive Revision.
The group marched to the District Collectorate and burned an effigy of Kumar.
A Congress leader said the protests would continue.
He said the party was acting to protect democracy and the Constitution.
Hundreds of Congress workers demonstrated in Ranchi on Wednesday, October 7.
They demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Some protesters wore white cloth to portray “ghost voters,” alleging voter names were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision.
The protesters marched from the Congress office to the District Collectorate and burnt an effigy of Kumar.
Ranchi Congress president Kumar Raja said the party would continue its agitation to defend democracy, the Constitution and the country’s values.
- Who
- Hundreds of Congress workers, including Ranchi Congress president Kumar Raja.
- What
- A demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Where
- Ranchi, Jharkhand; protesters marched from the Congress office to the District Collectorate.
- When
- Wednesday, October 7; the report does not state the year.
- Why
- The protesters alleged that names had been deleted from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision.
Congress protesters
Election authority
Electoral-roll revision
Congress protesters
Congress workers alleged that the Special Intensive Revision deleted citizens’ names from electoral rolls and described those affected as “ghost voters.”
Election authority
The report provides no response or position from Gyanesh Kumar or the Election Commission.
Key facts
- Protest location
- Ranchi
- Protesters
- Hundreds of Congress workers
- Demand
- Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
- Official targeted
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Stated grievance
- Alleged deletion of names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision
- March route
- Congress office to the District Collectorate
- Protest action
- An effigy of Kumar was burned
Quotes
Kumar Raja
Congress’s Ranchi president
“We are searching for Gyanesh Kumar, and when we find him, we will make him a ghost, just as he declared crores of citizens of this country ‘ghosts’ through the SIR exercise.”
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Sources
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