Rahul Gandhi warns BJP over election chief as opposition says more revelations may be coming
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Rahul Gandhi said chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will not stay in office and hinted that the opposition may expose more details at its mock parliamentary session, while the BJP dismissed the impeachment push as a contemptuous attack on democracy.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, warned the Bharatiya Janata Party that chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is unlikely to remain in his post. Gandhi said the opposition’s mock Parliament session, organized by the INDIA bloc in Delhi, could bring forward new information about Kumar.
"Gyanesh Kumar won't survive as CEC. If the BJP insists on keeping him after what we reveal, we'll know what its game is," Gandhi told participants at the event.
The INDIA bloc unanimously adopted a resolution seeking Kumar’s impeachment, accusing him of electoral irregularities, voter-list deletions and undermining the Election Commission’s independence. Gandhi said the fact that the opposition had to discuss the issue in a garden showed how democratic institutions have been shut off from dissenting voices.
"It is absurd that the entire Opposition has to sit in a garden to discuss the CEC's impeachment as every institution is closed for us," he said.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the opposition’s actions were a "mockery" of democracy and Parliament. Patra accused Congress of making false claims about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and said the opposition should stop its symbolic proceedings.
"And I have a humble request: please, do not dismantle this mock parliament you have created. Just seat Rahul Gandhi on the treasury benches… Keep him as your 'mock Prime Minister' for life; we have absolutely no objection," Patra said.
The resolution sets out six charges against Kumar, including alleged manipulation of the electoral roll revision process. The symbolic impeachment came before a major rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, where leaders plan to spotlight alleged electoral misconduct and demand Kumar’s resignation.