NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday fielded a dozen of its chief ministers at press conferences in their respective states to counter Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi over his allegations against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar amid reports of dissent within the poll body. The move came a day before the Congress plans to hold nationwide district-level protests demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s removal.
The chief ministers accused Gandhi and the Opposition INDIA bloc of questioning the EC’s impartiality without basis and of conspiring to “defame constitutional institutions”, according to a statement issued by the BJP. In states without BJP or National Democratic Alliance (NDA) governments, state BJP presidents or the Leaders of the Opposition held press conferences, the party said.
Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, made a cryptic post on X: “I love swimming in the sea when it’s rough. It teaches you that rough is just another kind of calm.” Steadfast in gunning for Gyanesh Kumar, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday convened a virtual meeting with over 1,000 District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents ahead of Monday’s protests. The Congress has demanded reversal of decisions taken under his watch, as a report in The Indian Express on September 23 revealed that the other two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, had objected to at least 14 moves over 10 months, over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls and related issues.
The EC has responded twice on the record, not denying the objections but saying these were mere disagreements that were addressed, as the eventual decisions were all unanimous. Sandhu and Joshi have not spoken to the media, though the second EC press note issued on Saturday listed several measures and clarifications.
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