Former Gujarat chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela has made a controversial comment about Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who has been facing huge protests organised by Opposition party leaders over alleged irregularities in carrying out the voter roll cleanup exercise Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
The BJP hit back, saying the Opposition bloc INDIA is trying again to create anarchy and relaunch Rahul Gandhi. “Such election commissioners should be publicly hanged for murdering democracy. They should be eliminated now. That’s what they deserve.
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Opposition’s protest in Delhi was meant for “venting their frustration” over election losses by making baseless allegations against constitutional bodies. Vaghela, who has also served as a Union minister, told NDTV that extreme measures are needed against authorities who compromise electoral integrity. No mercy should be shown to them,” Vaghela said. In more strong remarks likely to raise a huge row, Vaghela said those responsible for democratic processes deserve no leniency.
When such Sangh-devoted individuals hold positions under the prime minister or home minister and act solely on their instructions, why wouldn’t they do this?
They have been demanding the resignation of the CEC, citing the SIR controversy and a report by the Indian Express said the two election commissioners “objected on record” several decisions taken by the poll body allegedly without their knowledge. Vaghela, who has worked with both the BJP and the Congress in his long political career, told NDTV.
“Their masters, their owners, follow the RSS ideology where they show devotion to the Sangh before the nation.
