INDIA Alliance Schedules Public Removal of Election Chief Gyanesh Kumar for Oct 31

The INDIA alliance will stage a public removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday, October 31, after rain forced a one‑day postponement. The move was announced by Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi, who said the opposition parties will also launch a "Chalo Dilli" march on November 1, starting from the Minto Road‑Connaught Place junction and ending at Ramlila Maidan. The march will accompany a rally that accuses the Election Commission of voter‑list tampering through a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demands the chief’s resignation. Gandhi asserted that the protest is a single, unified action, not a series of separate demonstrations, and emphasized that all opposition forces are standing together to protect every citizen’s vote and uphold the Constitution. He also claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah is trying to block participants from other states from reaching Delhi for the rally, an allegation the BJP has dismissed as false. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and state Congress leaders travelled to New Delhi on October 30 to join the rally, along with senior Congress figures such as Jharkhand unit chief Keshav Mahto Kamlesh. The gathering on Sunday is expected to draw opposition members and workers from across the country.

Context

The call for the chief’s removal follows a broader controversy over alleged irregularities in the voter list, a issue that opposition parties say threatens the fairness of upcoming elections. The protest reflects mounting pressure on the Election Commission to address concerns about the integrity of the electoral roll revision process.