CEC protest updates: Jantar Mantar removed from list of protest sites

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged the public to join the Opposition INDIA bloc’s march to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to meet Chief Justice Surya Kant and submit a petition amid protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

However, Kant has declined the request for a meeting.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Police said that Jantar Mantar has been removed from the list of designated protest sites in the national capital, ANI reported.

Monday marks the third consecutive day of protests in Delhi by the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign, the Opposition parties and student groups to demand Kumar’s resignation over concerns about the functioning of the Election Commission and its handling of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Protests against Kumar have been held in the national capital and other parts of the country since October 2.

Here’s more on this and other updates:

Opposition’s protest today

• Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said at a press conference that Kumar will “not survive as the election commissioner”, stating that lakhs of people who are asking questions about his conduct will not stop protesting.
• The Congress leader claimed that 200 officers working in central agencies and ministries were in touch with the Opposition.
• Gandhi reiterated his demand that Kumar should resign from his post and...

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