Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence
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Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Protest outside the CEC’s Agra residence Agra : Scores of Congress workers descended upon the ancestral residence of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in Agra’s Vijay Nagar Colony on Monday and scrawled messages implying he was a “traitor” and “vote thief” in Hindi with a spray paint on the house’s main gate and outer wall area. Demanding his immediate removal from office, the workers protested against the alleged manipulation of voter lists “to help the ruling party”. A police team in Agra later removed the “messages”. Acting DCP (Agra city), Aditya said, “Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, an FIR was registered against Dhangar, Yadav and their associates at Hariparwat police station under BNS for creating disturbance and disrupting law and order.
Monday’s protest was also part of the party’s nationwide stir. Two Congress members have been arrested so far with the help of CCTV footage. They were trying to flee towards Delhi. Efforts are on to identify others. Download the TOI App.
“When protesters arrived, a security guard was present at the ground floor and a tenant on the first,” a family member, who wished not to be named, told TOI . Deleting names of eligible voters affects democratic rights,” Dhangar said, alleging that “BJP came to power with the help of ‘vote chori’. Notably, the CEC has his family roots and residential connections in Agra. The protest was led by Congress members Mukesh Dhangar and Anil Yadav . “Our country’s electoral process has been seriously compromised. There were irregularities in the Mathura Lok Sabha seat as well. Congress also purportedly posted the Agra protest visuals on its X handle.