India, Sept. 30 -- The Congress raised the ante on Tuesday as INDIA bloc leaders plan to discuss a joint agitation

The Congress on Tuesday demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, immediate suspension of the SIR, restoration of names struck off from the electoral rolls and the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on moral grounds.

The party made the demand after a two-and-a-half hour meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and general secretaries Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among others.

"History bears witness that ten years ago, this very prime minist...