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State leaders of Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also participated in the morcha, which began from the Metro Cinema and will traverse the short distance to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in south Mumbai

NDIA Bloc Calls for Nationwide Protests Over Voter List Revision, Demands Action Against CEC

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slams police action on protesters, says ‘lathi can stop a crowd, but not a question’; political parties, activists and students take out rallies across States seeking electoral reforms and rollback of SIR

Prominent persons, including actor Shabana Azmi and singer Vishal Dadlani, also took part in the protest against the alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s nationwide SIR exercise

CJP's Dipke demanded that the CEC appointment process be transparent, and said there should be involvement of civil society

Dipke said that since a large number of people were affected due to the deletions, many will hit the streets; “If Gyanesh Kumar doesn’t resign, they will seek Narendra Modi’s resignation,” he said, alleging that Mr. Kumar was winning elections for Mr. Modi.

Opposition parties to move Supreme Court, hold district-level marches and seek President’s intervention over electoral roll revision and Election Commission functioning

Congress debates ways to turn SIR resistance into a people’s movement without getting caught in legal technicalities and discusses ways to mobilise party workers for an indefinite sit-in in Delhi

The Chief Minister said the Election Commission of India (ECI) should do some soul-searching as the charges against the poll panel were not levelled by any political party

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s removal and PM Modi’s resignation, alleging irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls

Appearing before CJI Surya Kant, senior advocates, representing petitioner Rakesh Kumar Singh, made an oral mentioning for early hearing of the plea which urged the court to direct that Gyanesh Kumar should not exercise the functions of Chief Election Commissioner, pending final hearing of this petition

A Constitutional functionary himself, the CEC has deliberately and clearly violated the Constitution in letter and spirit on the citizenship and other issues like illegally amending Form 6 to disenfranchise Gen Z voters, says Jairam Ramesh

How are the CEC and ECs appointed? Why did the Supreme Court intervene in appointments? What did the Anoop Baranwal judgment prescribe? Who was on the appointment panel prescribed by the Supreme Court? What protection does a CEC have against removal?

Judgement stressed collegial functioning of poll panel and said ECs must have a say in decision-making 

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asserted that CEC Gyanesh Kumar can still redeem himself by resigning and turning approver

The Congress workers were holding placards and shouting slogans against Gyanesh Kumar and the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre

The parties announce a week-long nationwide protest from September 26, and appeal to non-BJP, secular and democratic opposition parties, civil society organisations and citizens to join the campaign

The CPI, CPI (M), CPI (ML)L, RSP, and All India Forward Bloc seek Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster, suspension of the SIR, and restoration of voting rights to those wrongfully excluded from electoral rolls

He urged the President to stop all SIR-related activities and seek Mr. Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation to protect the integrity of the electoral process and citizens’ democratic rights

Wayanad MP says that anyone who 'played around' with the democratic process of elections was committing 'treason' against the nation

“Bypassing fellow Commissioners to secretly issue public dictates under the banner of ‘full Commission’ constitutes willful defiance of the law declared by the Supreme Court under Article 141,” the advocate said

He also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are misusing constitutional institutions and treating them like wings of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Ms. Vadra said that the issue should not be probed by people who will not conduct a fair investigation

The parties also asked the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognizance of the report