On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This demand comes as Gandhi reiterated his accusations of electoral fraud, commonly referred to as “vote chori.” The statement reflects ongoing concerns regarding the integrity of the election process in the country.
However, he claimed his note was “junked. A three-member high-level committee, including the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union cabinet minister nominated by the PM recommends names to the President for the final appointment. The appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India is currently governed by the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023.
The Congress MP further said that the two Election Commissioners had “done a wise thing”, while adding that the CEC must “think seriously and turn approver. Gandhi said that he had given a dissent note during the CEC appointment process, saying it should be independent and free from executive control.
Suddenly anti-incumbency disappears. Maharashtra swings; suddenly it disappears. Uttar Pradesh swings. Sometimes Samajwadi, sometimes BSP; it disappears. Madhya Pradesh, it disappears. Gujarat, it disappears. “People of India believed it. “From vote-chori comes Kanun-chori …. From Kanun-chori comes Sanstha chori — institutions. This is the chain that has taken place…” Gandhi alleged.
“Haryana swings from one party to another for 50 years.
This has been a fundamental question for us,” Gandhi said, according to ANI news agency. He further said the Opposition “understands the popularity of a person and the performance of the government”. “…But we cannot understand how anti-incumbency disappears,” Gandhi added. Gandhi said that he had raised concerns, but they had been “ignored. But the institutional framework of India was not interested…” the Lok Sabha LoP said. “If the vote has been stolen and the MPs sitting in parliament are there based on a stolen vote, then any law they are making is illegal, and any institutional change they make is also illegal,” he added, according to ANI.
