Hyderabad, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ruling Congress party in Telangana on Monday staged a huge protest in Hyderabad, demanding resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the poll panel. On a call given by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) for nationwide protests, leaders and cadres of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) took out a rally to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Deputy Chief Minister, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Sridhar Babu, MPs Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, Anil Kumar Yadav and other leaders participated in the protest.

New Delhi, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports of internal objections within the Election Commission of India (ECI) over decisions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday termed the matter serious and demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign. Tewari also called for the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to examine the functioning of the Election Commission. Speaking to IANS, Tewari referred to the appointment of Election Commissioners G.V.K. Krishnamurthy and Sardar Manohar Singh Gill in 1993, which was challenged by then Chief Election Commissioner T.N.

New Delhi, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and cancellation of elections held in the past few years and also that of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Kejriwal's scathing attack at the poll panel came after report by a leading newspaper, in which it claimed that the two Election Commissioners had "objected on record" to several decisions taken by the poll panel, allegedly taken without their knowledge.

New Delhi, March 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid reports of a move to initiate proceedings for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Friday confirmed that notices have been submitted in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and that these actions have been carried out in compliance with the law. He added that the next step would be the constitution of a committee to examine the matter.