Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said the Opposition wanted key issues concerning the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged vote theft to be discussed.
“We want every important issue related to SIR and vote theft to be discussed. The pain of the people and the attack on democracy should be brought to light through discussion, and people should be encouraged that we are all united in saving democracy. A message of unity will go out tomorrow,” he said.
Samajwadi Party’s Harendra Malik said only one representative from each party would speak at the proceedings. “It has been decided that either the party leader himself will speak tomorrow or nominate someone to speak on his behalf,” he added.
On Wednesday, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and general-secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said after being denied other venues, the INDIA bloc would hold the symbolic proceedings at Kharge’s residence at 10 Rajaji Marg at 3.30 pm.
‘The CEC has demonstrably violated the letter and spirit of the Constitution. He has systematically subverted the very foundations of our electoral democracy. He has, to put it bluntly, lied to the Supreme Court,’ Ramesh said in a post on X.
‘He has been the willing executioner on behalf of the Diabolical Duo whose turn will come next,’ he added, in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.
The Congress on Tuesday said it had been denied permission to hold the ‘public impeachment’ of the CEC and accused the government of trying to silence ordinary people after “destroying” the electoral system.
The Congress and other Opposition parties have been demanding Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls, following an Indian Express report last month detailing how he had been unilaterally taking decisions about the exercise and shutting out his fellow election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
With PTI inputs
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