No entry, no answers, just ‘get lost’: The Opposition’s battle to be heard by Gyanesh Kumar
On October 6, around 240 Opposition MPs marched towards the Election Commission of India’s office in New Delhi, demanding a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and seeking his resignation. They were stopped a few hundred metres from the Commission’s office and eventually sat in protest.The Election Commission, however, gave a different account.In a press note issued that evening, it said it learnt through the media that MPs wanted to meet the Commission and that, until 4 pm, no political party representative had sought an appointment.Later, Delhi Police informed the…
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