Rahul Gandhi announces Jantar Mantar protest against CEC (Img: Dynamite News)
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said around 300 MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had sought to meet Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday but were not allowed to do so.
Addressing the protest, Gandhi said Opposition MPs would head to Jantar Mantar and demanded that they be permitted to reach the designated protest site to demonstrate against the Chief Election Commissioner.
“As I said yesterday, around 300 MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha wanted to meet the CEC yesterday. He did not meet us. The Delhi Police stopped us, and yesterday they said that we cannot protest there," said Rahul Gandhi.
“So today, our plan is to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar. We want to tell the country that Gyanesh Kumar is not a legitimate CEC. These people are desh-drohi. Gyanesh Kumar has to resign," added Rahul.
Gandhi's remarks came after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hosted Congress MPs and INDIA bloc allies for a meal at Sagar Ratna in Delhi's Connaught Place on Wednesday.
Gandhi also said he wanted “100 FIRs" to be filed against him, describing every FIR as “a medal" for him. He claimed that 45 FIRs had already been registered against him.
He further said CEC Gyanesh Kumar was “not a legitimate EC for us" and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Kumar had “finished democracy".
Gandhi also accused them of having committed “treason against the country".
The protest march, led by Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sought the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The protesters also demanded the withdrawal of voter list revisions being undertaken across states and Union Territories, raising concerns over the process of electoral roll revision.
