Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK , on Thursday joined a Congress-led protest in Chennai seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar , marking the party’s first participation in an anti-CEC agitation since it joined the INDIA bloc on October 3.
According to Congress leadership Rahul had invited Vijay and his party to take part in future consultations, campaigns and protests against the BJP, South First reported. Congress MP Vijay Vasanth called for Kumar’s resignation, alleging that the Election Commission was acting in favour of the BJP. “We are insisting on the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar… The Election Commission is working on behalf of the BJP, which is undemocratic… The BJP government does not listen to the people’s voice… Nivedit Alva, the All India Congress Committee’s in-charge for Tamil Nadu, was among the Congress functionaries present at the protest.
The TVK’s participation in the protest comes days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK chief C Joseph Vijay in Chennai on October 10.
The “Protect Democracy” protest was organised by Congress MP B Manickam Tagore and the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, news agency ANI reported. In order to add strength, the TVK government is also joining this protest today…” he told ANI .
