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13 Crore Voters Disenfranchised? 14 Rebellions in EC, Uddhav Thackeray Slams Gyanesh Kumar
- •Shiv Sena (UBT) accused the Election Commission of acting like a 'house servant' and eroding public trust in constitutional institutions.
- •The party mouthpiece 'Saamana' claimed Election Commissioners Sukhbir Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected 14 times to CEC Gyanesh Kumar's arbitrary working style.
- •The editorial alleged Gyanesh Kumar unilaterally added or removed voters' names to benefit BJP, disenfranchising 13 crore voters.
- •Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena labeled Amit Shah the 'mastermind' and Gyanesh Kumar a 'constitutional mafia' and 'killer of democracy'.
- •The editorial demanded PM Modi immediately remove Amit Shah and Gyanesh Kumar to save the country.
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Uddhav Thackeray accused the Election Commission of acting like a house servant and eroding public trust. He claimed that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar ignored formal objections from fellow commissioners at least 14 times and unilaterally altered voter rolls to benefit the ruling BJP, labeling the Special Summary Revision process a systematic scam that disenfranchised 13 crore voters.
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times in ten months against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's arbitrary working style. Facing ignored objections, they escalated the internal crisis directly to the Cabinet Secretariat to notify the PMO.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) faction demanded that recent assembly elections held under Gyanesh Kumar be cancelled and fresh elections be conducted using ballot papers. Furthermore, they called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, arguing that constitutional governance has been undermined.
