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Rahul Gandhi and opposition MPs breach police security to protest at Election Commission
- •INDIA bloc MPs led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi marched from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters.
- •Protesters broke through police security cordons and barricades, with Rahul and Priyanka climbing barricades during the agitation.
- •The opposition is demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an immediate halt to the SIR process.
- •Protesters also called for future elections to be conducted using ballot papers instead of EVMs.
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The opposition parties are demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an immediate ban on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, and that future elections be conducted using traditional ballot papers instead of EVMs.
During the protest march from Parliament, opposition MPs breached strict police security cordons and barricades. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi climbed onto the barricades and later adopted guerrilla tactics to enter Akashvani Bhavan in an attempt to reach the Election Commission office.
The opposition and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi have accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the BJP of rigging elections and managing a fixed match. These allegations follow reports that two other election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, recorded formal objections multiple times regarding decisions made without their knowledge during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
