Congress postponed its “Chalo Delhi” programme, which was coinciding with the Constitution Day in the national capital, news agency ANI reported citing party sources.Sources told ANI that the party will now organise ‘Samvidhan Raksha March’ in the capitals of all states on November 26.The development comes after the INDIA bloc held a mega rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1 to protest against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.The march began at the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction and proceeded towards Ramlila Maidan. It was part of the Opposition’s nationwide campaign against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls during the SIR exercise.The rally followed a public “impeachment” programme against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the capital on October 31.Several prominent opposition leaders attended the rally, including leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, TMC leader Mamata Banerjee, MP Abhishek Banerjee, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, JKNC president Farooq Abdullah, CPI leader D Raja, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.Addressing the gathering, Rahul said the protest represented the voice of the country and was not associated with any particular political party or leader.He also accused the Chief Election Commissioner of attempting to silence the people’s voice and asserted that the opposition would continue its fight to protect the Constitution through peaceful and democratic means.
Gandhi accused CEC Gyanesh Kumar of facilitating alleged vote theft and said he would be removed from his post and jailed.“Listen to me. What I say always turns out to be true, doesn’t it? I am telling every citizen and every youth of India: Gyanesh Kumar will be removed from the post of Chief Election Commissioner. Gyanesh Kumar will go to jail. Without Gyanesh Kumar, neither Narendra Modi would have become Prime Minister nor Amit Shah would have become home minister,” he said.