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Rahul Gandhi Leads Protest March to Election Commission
Rahul Gandhi led a group of opposition politicians in a protest march to the Election Commission’s office.
They were upset about changes to voter lists.
Gandhi held a sign telling Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Mallikarjun Kharge said the government was weakening people’s right to vote.
Congress MP Dharamveer Gandhi said 13 crore votes had been removed from the lists.
He said this stopped those people from using their voting rights.
The protesters said they wanted to defend democracy and democratic institutions.
The article does not include a response from the Election Commission or the government.
Rahul Gandhi led an INDIA bloc march toward the Election Commission’s office to protest alleged irregularities in the revision of electoral rolls.
Gandhi held a placard calling on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the government was undermining universal adult franchise and that the Election Commission was acting under government direction.
Congress MP Dharamveer Gandhi claimed 13 crore votes had been deleted and called the deletions a denial of people’s democratic voting rights.
The protesters said they were fighting to restore democracy and protect the dignity of democratic institutions.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Dharamveer Gandhi, and other INDIA bloc protesters.
- What
- They marched toward the Election Commission’s office to protest alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
- Where
- The national capital, India.
- When
- The article does not specify the date.
- Why
- The protesters alleged that electoral-roll changes undermined voting rights and democratic institutions.
Key facts
- Protest leader
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
- Protest target
- The Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Issue
- Alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls
- Claim about deleted votes
- Dharamveer Gandhi claimed that 13 crore votes had been deleted
- Other speaker
- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said universal adult franchise was being undermined
- Date
- Not specified in the article
Quotes
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress chief.
“Thirteen crore votes have been deleted, and those people have been deprived of their democratic right to vote. This is the biggest fraud in Indian political history, committed by the current government against the people of India with the cooperation of Gyanesh Kumar.”
NDTV
“Look, we are fighting against the injustice of the fact that the government is stripping away everything-all the rights of the people. And today, the universal adult franchise that we received after Independence-this government is working to finish it off”
NDTV
Sources
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