New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an immediate suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and restoration of what the party claims are 13 crore 30 lakh names removed from electoral rolls, accusing the Narendra Modi government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of undermining electoral democracy.
The resolution adopted by the CWC, chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, described the alleged manipulation of electoral rolls as a grave threat to universal adult franchise and declared that the Congress would take the battle "in Parliament, in the courts and on the streets" until the ECI wa...