Shiv Sena (UBT) stages a protest in Mumbai demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, with Congress and NCP (SP) leaders joining the Virat Garjana Morcha.
The INDIA bloc had decided to organise massive protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for the alleged irregularities in conducting the SIR, which they call “Vote Chori,’ had been on a slow pace.
While the Cockroach Janata Party and some activists, including film stars in Mumbai who have been opposing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, there have not been many protests seen. Even in Congress-ruled states like Karnataka, it was not on a large scale as it was expected.
On Sunday, the Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray organised a protest in Mumbai and alleged that the CEC had compromised on polls and that his acts led to the victory of BJP at many places, which in turn resorted to poaching of MLAs and MPs. He compared the present agitation to the great rebellion of 1857, which was also known as the Indian Mutiny.
State leaders of Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) also participated in the rally, dubbed the Virat Garjana Morcha (Grand Roar March), which began at the Metro Cinema and covered a short distance to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in south Mumbai. Party flags were not allowed in the march. The participants and supporters were asked to carry only the national tricolour.
In the evening, the Indian Youth Congress proposes to hold a rally in New Delhi.
On the other hand, the Kerala government has ordered a vigilance probe into a 20-year-old KSTP road work project when Gyanesh Kumar was the PWD secretary in the state. The Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said that there were allegations of corruption and the death of a Malaysian engineer associated with the project. He said he found prima facie merit in it and hence a probe has been ordered following a complaint by KPCC leader Malayinkeezhu Venugopal
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