The Keralam Assembly on Monday passed a resolution seeking that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar be removed from his post, The Hindu reported.
The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front supported the resolution, moved by Chief Minister VD Satheesan. The Bharatiya Janata Party opposed it and proposed amendments, which were rejected by the House.
The resolution came amid protests in the country seeking resignation of Kumar over allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the special intensive revision of voter rolls.
Read updates on the protests against the CEC here.
It also demanded that steps be taken to improve the transparency in the functioning of the Election Commission.
The resolution urged the Union government and the Election Commission to address the defects in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls and restore the voting rights of all eligible electors.
“Complaints have emerged that crores of eligible voters have been excluded from the electoral rolls without following any proper criteria or informing them in advance,” The Hindu quoted the resolution as saying. “Snatching away the right to vote of marginalised sections, minorities, migrant labourers and young voters through technical chicanery and defects constitutes a flagrant breach of democratic principles.”
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