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Will Rahul Gandhi's Protests and Ally Tensions Help Congress Win Votes?
- •Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have been leading protests in Delhi demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over voter list irregularities.
- •The protests aim to keep the vote theft issue alive, counter BJP celebrations, project the Gandhi family as street leaders, and hog media attention.
- •Historians and party leaders compare current strategies to Indira Gandhi's past comebacks, though Congress now lacks a strong grassroots organization.
- •Rahul Gandhi faces criticism for straining relationships with INDIA bloc allies through unyielding seat-sharing demands in Bihar, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
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Rahul Gandhi and opposition leaders staged protests in Delhi demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities and vote theft linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists and actions by the poll panel.
Two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, reportedly recorded objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding electoral roll decisions made without their knowledge, which Rahul Gandhi and the opposition cited as evidence of electoral manipulation.
Congress leaders draw parallels to Indira Gandhi's post-Emergency grassroots campaigns, such as her visit to Azamgarh and traveling by elephant to the Belchi massacre site, believing Rahul and Priyanka are attempting a similar strategy to mobilize the public despite a weak party organization.
