New Delhi: The INDIA bloc’s march from Parliament to the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in New Delhi turned tense on Tuesday (October 6) as police stopped the protesters from reaching the Nirvachan Sadan. Several leaders were detained, while Congress workers attempted to push through the barricades.
“More than 300 Opposition MPs marched from Parliament to the Election Commission today to meet election commissioners.
Why is the police stopping and threatening us?” he said. Congress leader Pawan Khera criticised the police deployment and said the Opposition was being prevented from reaching the poll panel. Detention is not the solution, only resignation is,” he said. The system should be scrapped,” he said. Congress leader Sukhdeo Bhagat said the Opposition would take the protest beyond Delhi. In a democracy, the people are supreme, and the public has now realised that this government was formed by stealing the mandate,” he said.
The Opposition is demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and action over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. We represent crores of Indians. Why aren’t the election commissioners meeting us? “We were restrained from moving forward from the very beginning. There was a huge deployment of security personnel, CRPF, RAF and other forces. We tried our level best to move forward. We will intensify the movement. Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa accused the government of allowing irregularities in the electoral process and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “We should demand the resignation of the prime minister and the home minister, at whose behest these wrongdoings are taking place. If the decision within the Election Commission is to be taken by just one person, then why were two other individuals appointed? “We are protesting in a democratic manner, and we will also stage protests at the district level.
The march began at Parliament’s Makar Dwar before the police stopped the MPs on the route to the poll panel’s office.
