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Opposition Seeks President Murmu's Appointment Over CEC Gyanesh Kumar Row
- •Opposition parties sought an appointment with President Droupadi Murmu regarding the ongoing row involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge invited INDIA bloc MPs for a lunch meeting to sign a formal letter seeking the presidential appointment.
- •The move follows protests and a march toward Nirvachan Sadan by INDIA bloc leaders over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- •Several high-profile opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were briefly detained by Delhi Police during the demonstrations.
- •The Election Commission stated that the opposition's approach to submitting a memorandum was unusual and outside established protocol.
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Opposition parties sought an appointment with President Droupadi Murmu following protests carried out by INDIA bloc leaders against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the panel's failure to address their concerns.
Leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained after marching towards Nirvachan Sadan and holding a sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan as part of the "Save Democracy" campaign, where lawmakers sought to meet the Election Commissioners to question them about the electoral roll revision.
The ECI stated that no party had sought an appointment until 4 pm, after which Delhi Police informed them that a delegation of MPs wanted to submit a memorandum at the Parliament House Annexe. The poll panel considered the venue and manner unusual, and though it offered to send a senior executive officer to receive the memorandum, the offer was rejected.
