Rahul Gandhi Demands Election Chief’s Resignation

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, September 24, demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign and turn approver, while alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were involved in efforts to steal votes. Gandhi’s claims have not been independently established in the material reviewed. The Election Commission said internal queries and differing views during deliberations are normal parts of its decision-making process. At a press conference in Delhi, Gandhi referred to a report that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions concerning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The reported objections included concerns that some decisions had been taken without their knowledge. The account of the objections traces to a single investigation; the underlying records are not reproduced in the supplied material. Gandhi described the reported dissent as evidence of a broader problem with elections and alleged that votes had been manipulated.