Demonstrations against Gyanesh Kumar from Delhi to Patna and Bengaluru

The protest by opposition MPs continues for the third day on October 8, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Opposition India Bloc MPs attended a lunch organized by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in the afternoon before the protest in Delhi.

After lunch, opposition MPs including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mallikarjun Kharge boarded three buses and left for Gandhi Memorial Rajghat. The opposition has talked about holding a peaceful protest there. MPs from Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena-UBT and NCP-SP also attended today's meeting.

Before leaving for Rajghat, Rahul Gandhi said, "300 MPs of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha want to hold a peaceful protest. We are not being allowed to protest for two days. On the first day, we were stopped in front of the Election Commission office. After that we said that we are going to Jantar Mantar. We were also stopped from going there. Our people were killed."

He alleged, "Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat and Gyanesh Kumar have hijacked India by hatching a criminal conspiracy. Destroyed the Constitution and stole votes. It is our guarantee that we will bring all four of them to justice."

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The main demand of the opposition is the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar. The opposition is raising questions on the Election Commission regarding irregularities in the SIR i.e. Special Intensive Revision of Voter List.

Rahul Gandhi and opposition parties say that their concerns regarding the transparency of the election process and voter list should be answered.

During the protests in the last two days, there were several confrontations between the police and opposition MPs. On October 6, opposition MPs marched towards the Election Commission.

After this, many MPs including Rahul Gandhi staged a protest near Akashvani Bhawan. On October 7, opposition MPs tried to go to Jantar Mantar, but the police stopped them and detained several leaders.

An FIR has also been registered by Delhi Police against some leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra regarding the October 6 protest. He has been accused of allegedly assaulting policemen and obstructing government work.

Here, after the announcement of protest at Rajghat on Thursday, Delhi Police has imposed restrictions there under Section 163 of the Indian Justice Code. Security has been increased in Rajghat and surrounding areas and a large number of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed.

The opposition has also sought time to meet President Draupadi Murmu. According to Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, the opposition leaders had sent the first letter on October 2 and requested again on October 5 with the names of the leaders. Wants an appointment to meet the President on 8th or 9th October.

The opposition says that it will continue its agitation till the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.

On the other hand, the Election Commission and BJP have been rejecting the allegations of the opposition. The Election Commission says that SIR is a process of updating and cleaning the voter list, while the opposition is raising serious questions about it.