'Ball in their court': Cong asks PM Modi to sack CEC if concerned about Delhi traders
The Indian National Congress has demanded that Prime Minister Modi remove the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, amid ongoing protests by Delhi traders. The party claims the government's refusal to address this demand is the primary cause of the capital's current disruptions.
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This highlights escalating political tensions between the opposition and the ruling party regarding election integrity and the economic impact of political demonstrations.
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Amit Shah must sack Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if they are genuinely concerned about Delhi's traders and want to stop the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally at Ramlila Maidan.In a post on X, Congress MP Pawan Khera said the government's refusal to remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar was the real issue, not the protests."If Modi and Shah are truly concerned about Delhi’s traders and genuinely want to stop the 1st November rally, they must sack Gyanesh Gupta and address our demands immediately. The ball is in their court," Khera said."Protests, rallies and demonstrations demanding an end to ECI-administered Vote Chori and election rigging for the RSS-BJP are acts of patriotism. The protests are not the problem. The problem is the government’s obstinacy to save the chair of a bureaucrat who wins elections for them.
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