Rahul Gandhi, the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, has called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, accusing PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of stealing votes. This call comes after an investigation by The Indian Express revealed objections by two election commissioners to decisions about the panel’s special intensive revision of the electoral rolls.
At a press conference in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi demanded the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of stealing votes. This call was prompted by an investigation by The Indian Express published on Wednesday, which revealed that two election commissioners had objected 14 times in ten months to decisions about the panel’s special intensive revision of the electoral rolls. Gandhi claimed that anti-incumbency has 'disappeared' from several states because the votes have been stolen. He added that if 'votes are destroyed', then 'our Constitution has been destroyed'.
In a separate development, journalist Ravi Nair was granted bail by a Gujarat court in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises over posts he made on social media between October 2020 and July 2021. The Supreme Court revised its ruling from the previous day, which had stayed an Allahabad High Court order quashing the National Security Act detention of a Delhi University graduate.
The Calcutta High Court questioned the Election Commission’s decision to allot the 'envelope' poll symbol to the rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress. The symbol was earlier being used by the Indian Secular Front.
In another development, it was reported that the Calcutta High Court found it surprising that Congress’ Nandigram bye-election candidate Milan Pradhan was arrested in yet another criminal case dating back to 2007 while he was in custody. This is the sixth case from 2007 in which Pradhan has been arrested.
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