Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Gehlot Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Removal Amid Election Commission Row
Ashok Gehlot said there is a serious disagreement inside India’s election authority.
He criticized Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for his resignation or removal.
Gehlot also asked people and political parties to hold a Rajasthan Bandh.
He said recent decisions by the Election Commission were unfair.
He connected these concerns to elections in West Bengal, Bihar, and Rajasthan.
Gehlot claimed that some constituency boundaries were changed to help the BJP.
He also said many people no longer trust the election process.
He wants voting with paper ballots to be brought back.
These statements were made by Gehlot, and the article does not report responses from the Election Commission or the government.
Ashok Gehlot called objections by two election commissioners an extremely serious threat to democracy.
He demanded the immediate resignation or removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Gehlot urged political parties and the public to organize a Rajasthan Bandh.
He alleged that recent election decisions and delimitation had favored the BJP.
Gehlot renewed calls for paper ballots, saying public confidence in elections had declined.
- Who
- Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and the Election Commission of India.
- What
- Gehlot criticized the Election Commission, demanded Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, and called for a Rajasthan Bandh and paper-ballot elections.
- When
- The article says Gehlot made the remarks while speaking to reporters, but does not provide a date.
- Where
- Rajasthan, with references to election developments in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Delhi.
- Why
- Gehlot said objections within the Election Commission and alleged election-related decisions had damaged public trust and democracy.
- Main speaker
- Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- Main demand
- Immediate resignation or removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Proposed protest
- A jointly organized Rajasthan Bandh
- Election concern
- Gehlot criticized decisions and alleged that delimitation favored the BJP
- Voting demand
- Reintroduction of paper-ballot elections
- Vote-margin claim
- Gehlot said Congress trailed the BJP by 0.94% in total votes in Rajasthan urban local-body elections
- Other locations mentioned
- West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Delhi, Jaipur, and Jodhpur