Puducherry: A protest demonstration was held in Puducherry by the Congress party, pressing demands including the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from office and an inquiry into Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah under the leadership of a Supreme Court judge.
State president MP Vaithilingam presided. Former Chief Minister Narayanasamy, former ministers Kandasamy and Shahjahan, and several others including Congress party members took part and raised slogans condemning the Election Department and condemning vote theft.
After meeting the press, former Chief Minister Narayanasamy said, “For the past year, after Rahul Gandhi announced the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of the voter list (SIR), he has alleged that vote theft is taking place in this process and that eligible voters are being removed. To take this issue to the people, he undertook a padayatra for three months. But now, vote theft has been found with evidence.”
So far, 13 crore voters have been removed through this special intensive revision of the voter list. This is a massive massacre of democracy. In Goa state, 97 people were removed in violation of a court order. In this dictatorial manner, India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has acted. Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the RSS organization have conspired together behind this.
They did not touch the southern states. They know they are weak in Tamil Nadu. They did not see Puducherry as significant. They could not do anything in Kerala. They tried in Karnataka but failed. In Maharashtra, we are getting two-thirds of the seats in the parliamentary election. But in the legislative assembly election, we are losing.
Similarly, it was said that Congress would come to power in Haryana. But there too, we suffered defeat. They said our alliance would come in Bihar, but it did not. In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee faced a setback because of this. He has acted in such an authoritarian manner. If a solution is to be found for this, Gyanesh Kumar must be arrested immediately.
Democracy in this country is in danger. People’s votes are being stolen. Rahul Gandhi has said that the tricks of Modi, Amit Shah, and Gyanesh Kumar will be exposed within the next 3 months. Therefore, this protest will continue until Gyanesh Kumar resigns, and until an inquiry is conducted against Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah under the leadership of a Supreme Court judge,” Narayanasamy said.
