INDIA bloc plans symbolic CEC event at Kharge’s home

The INDIA bloc plans to hold a symbolic public impeachment-style programme against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in New Delhi on October 30, before a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh announced that the programme would take place at 3:30 p.m. at 10 Rajaji Marg. He said the bloc was moving the event there after being denied other locations. The reasons for the reported denials have not been independently established in the accounts of the venue change. The event is described by the Congress as a public impeachment-style proceeding, not a formal parliamentary removal process. Opposition parties have previously sought Kumar’s removal, and their motions were rejected by presiding officers of both Houses of Parliament in April, according to one account. The planned programme is part of their campaign over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and allegations of irregularities and voter deletions. Those allegations are made by the opposition and are not established as findings in the reports. The bloc’s rally is scheduled at Ramlila Maidan on November 1, from 10 a.m. to 5...