Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said around 300 Lok Sabha MPs wanted to meet Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday, but were not allowed to do so.
Speaking at the protest, Gandhi
said Opposition MPs would head to Jantar Mantar and demanded that they be allowed to reach the designated protest site to demonstrate against the CEC.
“So today, our plan is to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar. We want to tell the country that Gyanesh Kumar is not a legitimate CEC. These people are desh-drohi. Gyanesh Kumar has to resign,” said Rahul Gandhi. This came after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hosted Congress MPs and INDIA bloc allies for a meal at Sagar Ratna in Delhi’s Connaught Place on Wednesday.
Gandhi also said he wanted “100 FIRs” to be filed against him, calling every FIR “a medal” for him. He claimed that 45 FIRs had already been filed against him.
He further said CEC Gyanesh Kumar was “not a legitimate EC for us” and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Kumar had “finished democracy”.
Gandhi also accused them of having committed “treason against the country”.
The protest march, led by Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sought the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protesters also demanded the withdrawal of voter list revisions being carried out across states and Union Territories, alleging concerns over the electoral roll revision process.
