What happened in Delhi and Mumbai in the last three days regarding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar?
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There were demonstrations for three consecutive days demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protest that started on October 2, i.e. Gandhi Jayanti, was seen on Saturday and Sunday also.
But this time in Delhi the police seemed more prepared. No protestor was allowed to reach Jantar Mantar.
On Sunday, common people, social workers and student organizations took out a 'Citizens March' from India Gate to Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Many people came to participate in this demonstration.
During this march, many leaders including AISA President Neha Bora were detained. Neha Bora alleged that not a single female policeman was present in the vehicle in which the police took her.
Many other leaders also accused Delhi Police of misbehavior during the Citizens March.
In this demonstration, Aam Aadmi Party workers also reached India Gate area in large numbers. Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi State President Saurabh Bhardwaj was also taken into custody by Delhi Police during the protest.
Saurabh Bhardwaj posted a video on X and wrote, "These are my shoes in the air. Today at India Gate, Delhi Police hung me upside down, so that my face is not captured in the cameras."
In the video, policemen are seen trying to take him away.
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At the same time, social activist Yogendra Yadav said, "Even today, during the Citizens March, they were forcibly detained by the police while going towards the scheduled protest site Jantar Mantar. This is not just a symbolic protest of one day, but a process which will continue till Gyanesh Kumar's removal."
On Sunday evening, Youth Congress also took out a march and demonstrated against Gyanesh Kumar.
Youth Congress posted on X and said, "IYC workers sitting on dharna on Jantar Mantar road demanding handing over of Jantar Mantar to the public and arrest of Gyanesh Kumar."
At the same time, Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) organized 'Garjana Morcha' in Mumbai on Sunday demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar. Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray also participated in this march.
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On Saturday, many social workers proceeded to reach Jantar Mantar in Delhi, but were detained by Delhi Police near Kerala House.
BBC News Hindi correspondent Dilnawaz Pasha, who was present at the spot, said that the protesters could not enter Jantar Mantar. A large number of police forces present at the spot stopped them near Kerala House.
After the protest on October 2, AISA had given a call to reach Jantar Mantar on Saturday also.
Apart from AISA workers, among these protesters, personalities like social activist Yogendra Yadav, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal and Prashant Bhushan were also present, who were detained along with others.
AISA president Neha Bora was also detained and accused a female policeman of elbowing her and causing her injury with a nail.
During Saturday's protest, two female journalists and a protesting girl have accused a police officer and policemen of sexual assault.
A female journalist alleges that while AISA President Neha Bora was being detained, ACP Vivek Bhagat hit her on the chest and pushed her and left from there.
At the same time, a senior female journalist and a protesting girl accused Delhi Police personnel of sexual assault.
After this, on Saturday and Sunday, journalists demonstrated outside the Parliament Street police station.
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CJP demonstrated in Mumbai on Friday
Following an investigative report by the English newspaper The Indian Express, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) gave a call for a protest in Mumbai on Friday, October 2.
At the same time, AISA and some social workers had also sought permission to demonstrate at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
In Mumbai, a large number of people gathered in Shivaji Park on the call of Cockroach Janata Party. The police had not given permission for the demonstration, but despite this the protesters reached there and demanded the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.
Abhijit Deepke, founder of CJP in Mumbai, said, "The government is so incompetent that we have had to protest for the second time in two months."
He said, "If Gandhi is the soul of this country, then Ambedkar is the backbone of this country. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Nehru gave us the right to vote."
Bollywood actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and singer-composer Vishal Dadlani also arrived to join the protest in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena Uddhav faction also supported this demonstration.
In Delhi, the police did not allow the demonstration at Jantar Mantar and the Delhi Metro also closed more than 10 metro stations.
Even after this, a large number of protesters kept trying to reach Jantar Mantar to protest and were taken into custody by the police.
Neha Bora, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Sanjay Singh were taken into custody. But no protestor was allowed to reach Jantar Mantar.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission posted on Facebook on Friday morning to announce a special campaign to add the missing names in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Under the special campaign, the Election Commission has given instructions for verification of voter list, identification of missing voters and filling of Form 6. According to the Election Commission, under this campaign, BLOs will reach door to door, focus on young voters and special camps will be organized at the booth level.
Why are they demanding resignation of Gyanesh Kumar?
An investigative report by the English newspaper The Indian Express reported that two election commissioners lodged objections '14 times in 10 months' regarding the steps taken by the Election Commission.
It has been told in the report that during the Special Intensive Revision or SIR campaign last year, the Election Commissioners were not informed about many decisions and both the Election Commissioners had repeatedly raised objections to these decisions.
According to the report, "These objections were lodged by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, ranging from keeping themselves in the dark to adding new voters and deleting names and raised questions on 'unauthorized, illegal' steps."
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