Shillong, Sept 25 Congress workers on Friday burnt an effigy of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Shillong, demanding his removal and arrest.
A procession, led by state Congress president Vincent H Pala, began at Congress Bhavan and culminated near the Additional Secretariat, where party workers burnt the effigy.
Addressing the protesters, Pala alleged that Kumar had “manipulated the system” and ignored objections raised by the two other Election Commissioners over the past 10 months.
“In the last 10 months, 14 objections have been raised by the two other election commissioners, but he bulldozed all these with the help of the BJP,” Pala alleged.
He also alleged that the Centre had amended the law governing the appointment of Election Commissioners in a manner that enabled manipulation of the electoral process.
“The BJP is manipulating the mandate of the public. In Haryana, Congress was supposed to win, in Maharashtra, Congress was supposed to win, and in West Bengal, there was a huge manipulation with deletion of voters from the electoral rolls,” he alleged.
“We demand that he should resign immediately. After his resignation, there should be a commission of inquiry against him. We demand that he should be arrested,” Pala said.
He said such action was necessary to restore public trust in the electoral system.
(PTI News)
