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IYC Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Resignation Amidst Election Commission Objections
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News18•23-09-2026, 17:45
IYC Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Resignation Amidst Election Commission Objections
- •The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) protested against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation.
- •The protest cited a media report claiming Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised 14 objections over 10 months regarding electoral rolls and EC functioning.
- •IYC highlighted reported objections concerning voter additions/deletions, changes to Form 6 for new voter registration, and centralisation of electoral-roll systems.
- •IYC national president Uday Bhanu Chib called for transparency, questioning the EC's functioning given the reported objections.
- •The IYC demanded the EC make all dissent notes public and called for Kumar's resignation, emphasizing the need for transparency and public confidence in electoral processes.
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The Indian Youth Congress staged a protest demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar following a media report that claimed two Election Commissioners had recorded formal objections on 14 occasions regarding voter rolls and poll panel decisions.
The reported objections raised by the two Election Commissioners involved the addition and deletion of voters, modifications to Form 6 for voter registration, and the centralisation of electoral-roll systems and data.
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien called for reviving a five-month-old motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha chairman to impeach and remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
