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India Alliance on Saturday passed a proposal of 'public impeachment' against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi.
In a 'mock parliament' at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the proposal to remove Gyanesh Kumar from the post of Chief Election Commissioner was passed unanimously.
At the end of the discussion on the proposal, Rahul Gandhi said, "The names of 13.3 crore voters were removed from the voter list. These voters had voted in the last Lok Sabha (2019) elections. In 2024, BJP won the election with a margin of 3 percent. By erasing the names of one out of every seven voters, the Election Commission has admitted that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were illegal."
Rahul Gandhi said that Gyanesh and his co-conspirators have committed 'treason' and action will definitely be taken against them for this.
Rahul Gandhi said that Gyanesh Kumar is no longer going to survive as the Chief Election Commissioner.
He said, “We have enough evidence to ensure that this gentleman will no longer be in this position.” Even after what we know, if BJP insists on keeping him on this post, then its game will be exposed in front of everyone.
This action taken at Kharge's residence is not an alternative to the formal proceedings of Parliament or the constitutional impeachment process. This is a symbolic political protest, through which the opposition wants to raise its allegations prominently.
This hearing was presided over by former Speaker of Lok Sabha Meira Kumar.
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The MPs of the India Alliance were seated on the lines of Parliament.
Opposition parties, including the Indian Alliance, are accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of irregularities in the SIR process.
He says that through this process, more than 13 crore names have been removed from the voter list. This is a direct attack on the democratic rights of the people.
The opposition is demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
This protest by the opposition is regarding alleged irregularities in the voter list and electoral irregularities.
This program was earlier to be held on Friday, but it was postponed due to heavy rains in Delhi.
India Alliance is protesting against alleged irregularities in the SIR process and vote theft at Ramlila Maidan on November 1.
What did Rahul Gandhi say
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During the discussion on the action of 'Public Impeachment', Rahul Gandhi said, "The question is that it is 6.15 in the evening and 250 members of Parliament, civil society members, common citizens, media, opposition leaders are sitting in Kharge ji's garden. Here 'public impeachment' is taking place against the Chief Election Commissioner.
''This is quite a strange thing. Why are we meeting in Kharge ji's garden? Don't we have any other way to ask this question? What happened to other institutions of the country? What happened to the judiciary? What happened to the Election Commission? This is because we have no place where we can go. we have no choice. The paths leading to every institution are closed for us.
''This is quite surprising. I don't think this would have happened anywhere. The entire opposition i.e. the opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are sitting in a garden and discussing the impeachment of CEC.
“Many people talked about SIR, adding and subtracting voters and other things,” he said. I want to draw attention to one thing. 13.3 crore voters were deleted. The vote of one in every seven Indians was canceled. Names of 15 percent of Indian voters were deleted.
''It may look like a meeting of MPs and common citizens, but in reality it is a political weapon against anyone involved in a conspiracy to spoil the votes of the people of India. The people gathered here have a message for the Gyanesh Kumars of this world. You are taking cover from the very institution you have sworn to protect. Remember, you can't always hide behind it. One day you will have to face the representatives of the people of this country.
Kharge said, 'Gyanesh Kumar is working on the instructions of Modi and Shah'
Earlier, while starting the discussion on the proposal of 'Public Impeachment', Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Chief Election Commissioner is running the Election Commission directly on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
Kharge said, "Seven months ago, 193 MPs had proposed the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner in both the Houses of Parliament. But the notices of these MPs were rejected. These notices were not taken into consideration.
He said that the MPs of the India Alliance who have come here are ready to stop the 'vote theft' that is taking place in the country.
Kharge said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah had given lifelong legal protection to Gyanesh Kumar through their government in December 2023. All this was done to hide the criminal act committed by Gyanesh Kumar against the country and its Constitution. Therefore, Gyanesh Kumar should be immediately removed from the post.
Kharge said, "The first experiment of vote theft through SIR took place in Bihar. Then it was implemented across the country to delete anti-BJP voters.
“We are not advocating to retain the dead in the voter list, they must be removed from the list. But the Modi government is repeatedly trying to hide its mistakes by giving the excuse of infiltrators.
"That means, those who are themselves thieves are scolding those who protect democracy."
''We marched to the ECI. Then met the President and gave a memorandum. We also went to the Supreme Court and filed a petition.
“We are trying to save democracy and the electoral system and for this we had to come on the streets.”
What did the MPs of opposition parties say
Samajwadi Party leader Harendra Malik said, "The BJP government sitting at the Center and the Election Commission working on its instructions are working to snatch away the biggest right of every citizen of the country i.e. the right to vote." Vote robbery is being done under the guise of SIR. Vote fixing work is going on. ''
He said, "What is going on in the name of SIR is not a normal process but it is such a blue print of vote fixing through which the opposition is defeated even before contesting the elections. Recently, during the Assembly Council elections, 90 thousand votes of the graduate section in Meerut section were cut off.
Harendra Malik alleged that names of backward, Dalit and minority voters have been deleted in large numbers in Uttar Pradesh.
Trinamool Congress (Mamata) MP Sagarika Ghosh said, “West Bengal assembly elections in 2026 were stolen. In the history of the Election Commission, no Chief Election Commissioner has been accused of such an allegation as is being leveled against Gyanesh Kumar.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Vaidyanath Ram said, "Today the aim of SIR is only to 'steal votes' and by doing so democracy is being murdered. We believe that the murderer of democracy, Gyanesh Kumar, has no right to hold office and a case of treason should be registered against him and he should be sent to jail.
Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Abhay Kushwaha said, "During SIR in Bihar, names of about 47 lakh people were deleted from the voter list and now names of about 13 crore 20 lakh people have been deleted across the country." Gyanesh Kumar should be immediately removed from the post and a case of treason should be registered.
Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav said, "Gyanesh Kumar has jeopardized the credibility of India along with the Election Commission." There is a conspiracy to break this country. Therefore, on behalf of all the public organizations and mass movements of this country, I fully support the public impeachment against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Allegations made against Gyanesh Kumar in 'Public Impeachment'
What did BJP say?
BJP has targeted Rahul Gandhi over the public impeachment of the opposition India alliance.
BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, "After repeated failed attempts to spread anarchy in India, the Congress party is now trying to satisfy the sentiments of its unique leader Rahul Gandhi by creating the illusion that he has got the Parliament of his choice by organizing a mock Parliament."
Sudhanshu Trivedi said that even across the border, this concept of 'mock parliament' of the Congress party has been ridiculed.
The BJP MP further said, "The World Bank has praised India in its 2025 report. According to the report, between 2012 and 2023, 27.6 percent of the people in India have come out of extreme poverty. Now only 2.6 percent of the country's population is living in extreme poverty."
He said that this shows how India is progressing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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