Congress Stages Protests Against Election Commission in Hyderabad and Vijayawada
· India · Hindustan Times, Indian Express
State Congress units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh staged protest rallies on Monday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the restoration of deleted voter names. In Telangana, protests led by state Congress chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud took place at Necklace Road in Hyderabad, with thousands of workers marching toward the Election Commission office at Buddha Bhavan. Ministers Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, and Mohammed Azharuddin, alongside several legislators, participated in the demonstration. In Andhra Pradesh, leaders led a march to the Election Commission office in Vijayawada, burned an effigy of the CEC, and submitted a formal representation outlining their grievances regarding the Special Intensive Review.
Why it matters
These coordinated protests by Congress units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh escalate political pressure on the Election Commission over voter list deletions.
Read the original report — Hindustan Times
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