CJP chief gives poll body chief 48-hour resignation ultimatum
CJP chief Abhijeet Dipke has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign within 48 hours or face protests, NDTV reports. Dipke alleged that Kumar was the biggest threat to India’s democracy. The supplied material contains no response from Kumar or the Election Commission.
CJP chief Abhijeet Dipke has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation or warning that protests would begin, NDTV reports. Dipke alleged that Kumar was the “biggest threat to India’s democracy”. The supplied material does not provide details of the allegations behind that claim.
It also does not say when the ultimatum was issued, where protests would take place or how they would be organised. No response from Kumar or the Election Commission was included. The material does not clarify whether the demand is connected to the separate Opposition effort to seek Kumar’s removal in Parliament.
The available account records the demand and Dipke’s allegation but gives no further information about any action taken by the poll body chief.
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