The opposition bloc was forced to postpone the event scheduled for Friday afternoon to Saturday due to rain in the Capital.
Continuous rain since Friday morning in the Capital forced the postponement of the “public impeachment” programme that was to be held in the lawns of the official residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at 3:30 pm at Rajaji Marg in Central Delhi.
The programme will now be held at the same time on Saturday.
Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar, TMC’s Derek O’Brien, Samajwadi Party’s Harendra Malik, JMM’s Mahua Maji and CPI(M)’s John Brittas, among others, participated in the preparatory meeting on Thursday. Earlier reporting noted: The ‘impeachment’ proceedings were scheduled to be held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in New Delhi, However, sources told The Hindu the event has been postponed due to weather conditions with the lawns getting muddy due to rains in New Delhi.
The Congress on Tuesday claimed it was denied permission to hold the “public impeachment” of the CEC and accused the government of trying to silence the voice of common people after “destroying” the electoral system. Earlier reporting noted: Earlier, INDIA bloc was to hold the “public impeachment”, with former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar chairing the proceedings, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge moving the “motion” and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks.
The Congress and other opposition parties have been demanding the resignation of Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Sources said former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is scheduled to chair the proceedings, where Kharge will move the “motion” and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is expected to make the concluding remarks.
