Congress lawmakers demand election chief’s resignation in Jammu and Kashmir assembly

Congress legislators disrupted proceedings in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Friday while demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. During Question Hour, several Congress members entered the well of the House and displayed banners saying there could be no democracy without fair elections. They also called for Kumar’s removal.

Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather objected to the placards and directed the legislators to return to their seats. He warned that he could take action against them. CPI(M) legislator M.Y.

Tarigami supported the protesting Congress members, according to the supplied report. The demonstration followed what the Congress described as a recent controversy involving differences within the Election Commission of India. Congress leaders and workers also held a protest outside the Nirvachan Bhawan in Jammu.

The demonstration was led by Congress Member of Parliament and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Syed Naseer Hussain. The protesters demanded Kumar’s resignation and prosecution. Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Tara Chand said police detained several Congress leaders and workers.

“We have been detained in large numbers as we were demanding the CEC’s resignation,” Tara Chand said, according to the report. The supplied material does not give the Election Commission’s response to the allegations or specify the number of people detained. It also does not detail the controversy that prompted the Congress protests.