Congress demands removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over ‘electoral irregularities’
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee held a protest demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities. They are calling for an independent inquiry into voter roll revisions and software-related registration issues.
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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) leaders on Friday staged a protest at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada, demanding the removal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over “irregularities in the electoral process.”
The protest was organised at the directions of APCC president Y.S. Sharmila as part of a wider campaign over the alleged irregularities in the revision of rolls and electoral processes.
Addressing the protesters, APCC vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji demanded an independent inquiry into the alleged irregularities and sought immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Mr. Shivaji questioned the alleged centralisation of voter data entry, saying it should not undermine the role of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) functioning at the local level, and called for decentralisation of the Election Commission’s functioning to improve transparency and accountability.
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