Guwahati, 25 October (HS): AICC Secretary and APCC Co-Incharge Manoj Chauhan on Sunday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for ballot paper voting in all upcoming Assembly elections and the 2029 Lok Sabha polls.

Addressing a press conference at Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati, Chauhan alleged electoral irregularities and demanded the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He claimed that around 13.3 crore voters’ names had been wrongly deleted nationwide.

Chauhan said the Congress-led ‘Save Vote, Save Democracy’ campaign would continue across Assam until November 26. He also announced a major Congress and INDIA bloc rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 1, targeting a gathering of over 10 lakh people.---------------

Hindusthan Samachar / Sriprakash