Congress workers held a nationwide protest on Monday demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, which included defacing the main gate of the CEC’s home in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra with a spray paint.
Congress has been staging protest and demanding the resignation of the CEC amid an escalating political row over the functioning of the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. They have committed treason against the country when the Constitution had given them a responsibility to conduct free, fair, and transparent elections. In Pune, the district Congress unit staged a protest outside the collectorate and later submitted a memorandum to Deputy Collector Jyoti Kadam.
Sharing clips of the protest, the Indian Youth Congress, the youth wing of the party, wrote on X, “In Agra, Congress workers smeared black ink on the house of “Gyanesh Gaddar”. “Election Commission has failed in its constitutional responsibility of conducting free, fair and transparent elections,” said Ajai Rai, Uttar Pradesh Congress president said on Friday. Congress Uttar Pradesh in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam said, “The crime has been proven.
On Friday too, Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit staged a protest. Congress’ Maharashtra unit also staged a protest on Monday across the state over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Then, they used a black spray paint and wrote “Gyanesh Gaddar” and “Vote Chor” on the main gate and walls of the residence, videos and pictures of which are being widely circulated on social media. Some Congress workers arrived at Kumar’s residence in Agra’s Vijay Nagar on Monday morning, raised slogans, and put up stickers and pamphlets outside the house.
