New Delhi: The Congress party has been holding various protests demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi hosted a Diwali tea party at his residence in Delhi.
Senior leaders including Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, Sachin Pilot, and Kumari Selja attended the event.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar were also present. Former Chief Ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Haryana), Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand), and Digvijaya Singh (M.P.) also took part.
It is said that at this gathering, Rahul Gandhi did not speak about politics and instead chatted cheerfully with the leaders, sharing only Diwali greetings.
Although this was a great opportunity to display the party’s unity, it is being seen as an attempt to intensify the campaign against vote theft.
After the dinner, senior leader Sachin Pilot told reporters, “Politics was not discussed at the tea gathering. However, the actions of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar are against the Constitution.
Rahul has repeatedly pointed out evidence that those who were supposed to protect democracy have failed. Why has lifetime legal protection been granted to only one person out of 1.4 billion people?” he asked.
