Indian opposition escalates campaign against election chief over voter-roll revision
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India’s opposition intensified its campaign for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, staging a march toward the Supreme Court in New Delhi and pursuing legal challenges to the Election Commission’s voter-roll revision.
Leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, joined Monday’s march. The coalition filed a petition challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and sought an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of internal commission records and an interim suspension of the exercise.
Delhi Police registered two first information reports over allegations that the march was organized without permission and that protesters used a truck to break through barricades, according to Scroll.in. Police had also filed cases following an earlier opposition protest. Gandhi said the campaign would continue until Kumar resigns and accused him of acting under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior officials. Those claims have not been established.
The Supreme Court separately issued notice to the Election Commission and sought its response to allegations concerning Kumar’s handling of voter-list decisions, Deutsche Welle reported.
In Keralam, the state Assembly passed a resolution seeking Kumar’s removal and greater transparency from the Election Commission. The Congress-led United Democratic Front and the Left Democratic Front supported it, while the Bharatiya Janata Party opposed it.
The Bombay High Court is also examining police conduct during the demonstrations. The Bombay High Court said it would not permit illegal detentions while hearing allegations that hundreds of protesters and passers-by were detained in Mumbai. Delhi Police referred complaints that women journalists were sexually harassed by officers during an earlier protest to its Crime Branch for inquiry.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story is otherwise supported, but the final paragraph overstates court involvement and should be narrowed to the Bombay High Court. - "Courts are also examining police conduct during the demonstrations.": Only the Bombay High Court is sourced as examining police conduct during the demonstrations; the other item in the paragraph concerns a Delhi Police inquiry, not a court.
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Indian opposition escalates campaign against election chief over voter-roll revision
India’s opposition intensified its campaign for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, staging a march toward the Supreme Court in New Delhi and pursuing legal challenges to the Election Commission’s voter-roll revision.
Leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mamata Banerjee and Akhilesh Yadav, joined Monday’s march. The coalition filed a petition challenging the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and sought an independent audit of voter deletions, disclosure of internal commission records and an interim suspension of the exercise.
Delhi Police registered two first information reports over allegations that the march was organized without permission and that protesters used a truck to break through barricades, according to Scroll.in. Police had also filed cases following an earlier opposition protest. Gandhi said the campaign would continue until Kumar resigns and accused him of acting under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior officials. Those claims have not been established.
The Supreme Court separately issued notice to the Election Commission and sought its response to allegations concerning Kumar’s handling of voter-list decisions, Deutsche Welle reported.
In Keralam, the state Assembly passed a resolution seeking Kumar’s removal and greater transparency from the Election Commission. The Congress-led United Democratic Front and the Left Democratic Front supported it, while the Bharatiya Janata Party opposed it.
CourtsThe areBombay High Court is also examining police conduct during the demonstrations. The Bombay High Court said it would not permit illegal detentions while hearing allegations that hundreds of protesters and passers-by were detained in Mumbai. Delhi Police referred complaints that women journalists were sexually harassed by officers during an earlier protest to its Crime Branch for inquiry.
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