Left parties and other activists hold a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Kolkata on Sunday
Trinamool MP Saugata Roy said the way forward for opposition parties would be to impeach the CEC. He said an impeachment notice had previously been submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker, but it was not accepted.“We will impeach again, but a mass movement must be built before that happens,” he said. Bhattacharya, who represented CPM at the convention, said opposition parties must come together to reform the electoral process, regardless of their own ideological differences. Congress’s Prosenjit Bose said, “The ongoing resistance and public mobilisation by student groups, civil society and opposition parties to protect democratic rights and a fair electoral process are of utmost importance. Former judge Thipsay said: “The basis of our democracy lies in the entitlement of citizens to elect their own govt.
If you adopt a procedure whereby genuine citizens are deprived of voting rights, the elections cannot have any meaning.” Kolkata: Trinamool, Congress and CPM came together to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and fresh elections in Bengal at a convention organised by the Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan platform at Kolkata’s Moulali Yuva Kendra on Sunday.