The united Opposition’s campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will move on parallel platforms starting today. questioning the law that provides immunity to Election Commissioners from any penal action While the Opposition will continue the battle onto streets — boosted by the the Supreme Court’s direction to restore normalcy and bar illegal detentions — it is also taking the legal route.
“Modi-ji enacted a law in 2023 granting legal protection to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. They were given immunity not even enjoyed by the President of India or the Chief Justice of the country,” Mallikarjun Kharge said.
All the INDIA bloc leaders are assembling in Delhi for the crucial day. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee is already in Delhi. Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav are expected to arrive in the morning. They were given immunity not even enjoyed by the President of India or the Chief Justice of the country. But why was such special protection granted to an Election Commissioner? “This implies a direct attempt to snatch away the people’s votes and [undermine] democracy… it is a conspiracy to commit fraud against [the people]. The INDIA alliance has already met President Droupadi Murmu and submitted a memorandum. The Congress has instructed all its Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs to remain in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi postponed a scheduled visit to Goa and has met the party general secretaries and other leaders. These include demonstrations in Central Delhi following a ‘lunch meeting’ to a sit-in at Rajghat.
In a statement in Bengaluru, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Modi-ji enacted a law in 2023 granting legal protection to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. Since October 6, when the INDIA Alliance undertook the march from Parliament to the Election Commission office that made headlines following the detention of its key leaders including Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, the bloc has been continuously staging protests. The bloc leaders said today that over Saturday and Sunday, more than 30,000 police personnel and more than 7,000 paramilitary troops were deployed in Delhi. On Saturday around 3000 protesters who were aiming to join the demonstration of the Cockroach Janata Party against the Chief Election Commioner, were detained.
This is precisely what is happening, and we will continue our fight against it,” he said. However, according to the sources, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has refused to meet them, asking them to file a petition instead. Such an unprecedented event needs unprecedented steps to counter this, the Bloc leaders said.
