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The protest is part of an ongoing campaign seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation; the group has vowed to continue the protest every Sunday until its demands are met

‘After this Public Impeachment, we will hold a Dilli Chalo March against Vote Chori culminating at Ramleela Maidan on November 1st, where at least a million concerned citizens will participate,’ said K.C. Venugopal

“There is a possibility of mistakes when doing any work for the first time. Out of 14,81,310 entries in the voter list, there are a total of 158 entries in which the names of the voters or their relatives appear strange. The strangeness of these names is due to such a mistake,” says statement released by Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh

Organised by the Disha Students’ Organisation and Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra (BSJAY), the demonstration also called for the repeal of the 2023 law governing the appointment of Election Commissioners

Indian farmers who helped force Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a rare policy retreat four years ago are set to join nationwide protests against a contentious overhaul of voter rolls on Friday, widening a movement challenging the country’s Election Commission.

Along with other CJP workers, they displayed the national flag at the site and shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar before being detained and placed under preventive arrest

The Supreme Court asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission instead, after the Allahabad High Court had earlier declined to entertain the same plea

Delhi is set to witness extensive traffic restrictions, heightened security and temporary metro station closures as INDIA bloc leaders prepare to march for allegations related to the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

The appointment is important as the two Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had written to Cabinet Secretary on how files of the ECI IT department head Dr Seema Khanna not being routed through Mr. Kumar, who was a seasoned officer, was a violation

Ashok Gehlot alleged that instead of answering questions raised by the opposition over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Nitin Nabin was acting as a lawyer of the Election Commission.

Indian police detained Abhijeet Dipke, head of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, on Saturday ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission, the party said. "This is unprecedented," our guest Subir Sinha, director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, says.

In this edition of Access Asia, we find out why multiple protests have broken out in India after an investigation by The Indian Express raised concerns about the integrity of the country's Election Commission. Journalist Faye D'Souza joins us to unpack how Narendra Modi's government is facing mounting pressure from the political opposition and the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party. She also discusses the wider sense of discontent in India.

The agitation against the ECI is aimed at covering up Rahul Gandhi’s failures, he says

The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures.

The move comes hours after Delhi Police detained around 260 INDIA bloc protesters, including 10 MPs, during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation

The EC needs to provide answers on who changed Form 6, and who authorised the false claim with reference to the Supreme Court, CPI general secretary says

The Bench said the decisions of the Election Commission have to be either unanimous or by majority and that it presumed that this is how all decisions were taken

The march added to the campaign that Opposition parties have run against the Election Commission over the SIR and the working of the panel

BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao said decisions to delete voters’ names follow field-level verification, and criticised Congress and AIMIM’s allegations against the Election Commission

Congress leader Sachin Pilot alleged the SIR is being used to selectively delete voters, as he also criticised the Rajasthan government’s drought response and the AAP government in Punjab

Functionaries said this week teams from the EC will visit Goa, followed by Uttarakhand next week. The EC officials will also visit Punjab and then Manipur in coming weeks.

Shivraj Chouhan accuses Kharge of attacking constitutional institutions; defends appointment process of Election Commissioners and reliability of EVMS