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Amid on going Opposition protest over alleged voter delegation Union minister of state for social justice Ramdas Athawale on Sunday
NAZIR Ahmad Sofi
Amid ongoing opposition protests over alleged voter deletions, union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale on Sunday defended Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that no amount of protest would force him to resign and maintaining that the Election Commission has acted correctly in revising electoral rolls.
"No matter how much you protest, Gyanesh Kumar will not resign. He will not give up," Athawale told a press conference in Srinagar.
Athawale said opposition parties have the right to protest in a democracy but should not create inconvenience for the public or repeatedly accuse the Election Commission of electoral malpractice without adequate grounds.
Defending the removal of names from electoral rolls, Athawale claimed that the Election Commission had deleted around 13 crore names across the country after scrutiny, citing migration, duplicate registrations, prolonged absence from voting and the deaths of registered electors.
"No matter how much you protest, Gyanesh Kumar will not resign. He will not give up," Athawale told a press conference in Srinagar.
Athawale said opposition parties have the right to protest in a democracy but should not create inconvenience for the public or repeatedly accuse the Election Commission of electoral malpractice without adequate grounds.
Defending the removal of names from electoral rolls, Athawale claimed that the Election Commission had deleted around 13 crore names across the country after scrutiny, citing migration, duplicate registrations, prolonged absence from voting and the deaths of registered electors.