Vijayawada, Oct. 10 -- Former Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Sarturday defended embattled Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stating that he was doing his job and found fault with the Opposition leaders for dragging the CEC to the streets, demanding his resignation.
Talking to the media at Atkuru near here, Naidu said that the CEC is a constitutional body and demanding CEC's resignation without a strong reason is highly objectionable. He took exception to the opposition parties dragging the CEC into controversy for political mileage and also vehemently objected to the demand for repeal of SIR process.
Citing his own experience of being asked for details by the election officials to enroll his name, Naidu said he submitted the d...