BENGALURU: Congress leaders and workers will stage a protest here on Saturday seeking the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the alleged irregularities in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Addressing reporters here, KPCC president BK Hariprasad said because of the CEC’s decisions, 63 lakh voters in Bihar, 91 lakh in West Bengal, and 1.07 crore voters in Karnataka have been deleted. “Even our leader Rahul Gandhi wrote to the Election Commission in February 2025. But no action was taken. We condemn this,’’ he added.
Gyanesh Kumar allegedly overruled the views and opinions of the other two election commissioners on many occasions. The SIR process, which is being conducted in secrecy, has shocked the people across the country. The commission’s responsibility is to safeguard democracy. But the CEC has uprooted the democracy system for the sake of one person and one political party, Hariprasad alleged.
He said this act of the CEC is nothing but treason. Those supporting him, including the PM and Union Home Minister, should be considered as traitors. As per the decision taken in 2023, cases can’t be registered against the CEC. Therefore, Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation should be obtained and arrested immediately.
“Opposing the CEC’s acts, we are staging a protest. We have invited other political parties to participate in the protest at Freedom Park,’’ Hariprasad said.
In the second phase, Congress leaders and workers will stage protests in all districts seeking the CEC’s resignation. “When Rahul Gandhi raised his voice against vote theft, Gyanesh Kumar had said that Rahul should apologise to the people of the country.
Now, for the alleged unconstitutional decisions, the CEC should resign. All his decisions should be probed,’’ the KPCC president said. Most of the voters deleted from the list are from Dalit and minority communities. Efforts are on to snatch the voting rights of these communities.
