Not just CEC, PM Modi and Shah should also resign for 'vote chori', says CWC
The Congress Working Committee has escalated its criticism of the government, calling for the resignation of PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged electoral manipulation. Rahul Gandhi claimed that the 2024 elections were 'match-fixed' and emphasized the need for resistance against the current administration.
Why it matters
The rhetoric from the Congress party signals a deepening crisis of confidence in India's democratic processes and a hardening of the political divide between the BJP and the opposition.
NEW DELHI: Raising the stakes in the ongoing controversy over special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls, the Congress Working Committee on Tuesday demanded that PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah resign on moral grounds, accusing them of being orchestrators of 'vote chori' through CEC Gyanesh Kumar. CWC, chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, also demanded the CEC's resignation, a halt to the SIR process, and restoration of over 13 crore voters deleted from the rolls.The meeting saw LoP Rahul Gandhi take the lead in arguing that the country now believes what the party and he had been saying for over two years: that the electoral rolls and EVMs were compromised by EC.
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