Kharge Seeks CEC’s Removal and Modi’s Resignation

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on September 29 demanded the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign on moral grounds, alleging that Modi pressured the poll chief over decisions involving electoral rolls. The Election Commission has said its orders followed statutory procedures and that differing views are normal in institutional deliberations. Kharge made the demands at a Congress Working Committee meeting focused on concerns over the Election Commission’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists. He alleged that Kumar’s decisions benefited the ruling party and that changes to the rolls risked excluding eligible voters. Those allegations have not been independently established in the material available.