Indian Youth Congress protesters wear Gyanesh Kumar masks, demand CEC’s resignation
Photo credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Indian Youth Congress workers wearing masks bearing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s face and with their hands bound in chains protested outside the Election Commission office on Friday, demanding his resignation over alleged differences among the poll panel’s top officers on key electoral decisions.
Led by IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib, the protesters marched from the IYC office on Raisina Road towards the Election Commission headquarters, raising slogans and displaying posters and banners. Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed along the route, with barricades and detention buses stationed in the area.
The protest followed an Indian Express report that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on at least 14 occasions over the past 10 months regarding electoral-roll-related decisions. -PTI
