The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has suspended 215 office-bearers across eight states for failing to attend the Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)’s November 1 rally as part of protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions.
He called Kumar’s removal the first step to bring the country back on track.
The INDIA-bloc march snaked through central Delhi for over an hour before the rally, where Rahul Gandhi attacked the government, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah will not be allowed to escape the law.
“Office-bearers who did not register and follow the instructions on the application were among those who faced action.
People aware of the matter said IYC used a mobile application to monitor attendance at the rally, which was the largest Opposition mobilisation in recent years. A Congress leader said the mobile application was used to share locations, timing and other rally details. A second Congress leader said the IYC leadership had directed all national, state and district-level office-bearers to attend the rally and the march preceding it.
The highest suspensions (60) were in Madhya Pradesh.
An order the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress shared on X cited organisational indiscipline for missing the “Vote Chori Rally” and said the action followed the national leadership’s directions. After the rally, Rahul Gandhi said on X that the large turnout showed democracy and truth would prevail.
