Chirag Paswan Says CEC Should Defend Himself Amid ECI Row

…I have a very clear stand on this.I’m not concerned what the opposition is saying. Opposition, most of the time, they try to create issues out of nothing. My concern is that repeatedly, one after the other, if the fingers are raising against Election Commission, it is the responsibility of the Election Commission itself to defend themselves. I, as a political party, cannot defend an independent constitutional body. I don’t have that right, I don’t have those permissions. I don’t have that access, to the internal agreements, disagreements. This is only…

…It need not respond to what Rahul Gandhi and his associates are saying, but it must dispel the misgivings in the minds of the people,” said the Hajipur MP. Upendra Kushwaha, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, said on X: “ There is a lot of confusion among the public about SIR. This issue needs to be addressed. Election Commission has to clarify this without delay. ” Meanwhile, the opposition continued with its protest after the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, demanded the resignation of CEC Kumar and charged that recent elections have been rigged by the…

…Kushwaha said in a post on X. Meanwhile, the Telugu Desam Party said the SIR was being conducted “in a transparent manner”, but said the ECI was a “Constitutional institution entrusted with a crucial responsibility”. “ Therefore, whenever questions are raised by anyone, providing appropriate clarification and maintaining transparency will only help strengthen public confidence in the institution ,” TDP's Lok Sabha floor leader Lavu Srikrishna Devarayalu told The Indian Express. Opposition's attack, EC's response Following the report, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi called for the resignation…

…sides is normal. Conflict is not unnatural. The authorities responsible for looking into the matter will take necessary steps. Please let them do their job,” he said. Jammu and Kashmir BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa said, “ How can I respond to Rahul Gandhi’s comments? However, his own party members don’t take his comments seriously. ” West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh questioned whether Gandhi had the authority to decide who should be arrested. “Has Rahul Gandhi become the courts and the judiciary, or has he become the Constitution itself, that he…

…I respond to Rahul Gandhi’s comments? However, his own party members don’t take his comments seriously.” West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh questioned whether Gandhi had the authority to decide who should be arrested. “ Has Rahul Gandhi become the courts and the judiciary, or has he become the Constitution itself, that he gets to decide who should be arrested? ” he asked. “If you cannot win an election because the public does not vote for you after someone conducted a free and fair election where they lost, who is responsible for that?” he asked. In Jharkhand, Assembly LoP…

…where they lost, who is responsible for that?” he asked. In Jharkhand, Assembly LoP Babulal Marandi alleged that Gandhi’s remarks were harming the Congress and questioned his claims about the Election Commission. “ Rahul Gandhi is going to take the entire Congress party down with him. He says anything without a clue, which the public can’t digest. Please ask him, before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, whose government was ruling?” Marandi said. “Wasn’t Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister, and the UPA in power?” he asked. Marandi also said the Election Commission at…

…elections and asked Kumar to “turn approver”. Gandhi said the two Election Commissioners who raised objections had “come clean” and asked Kumar to consider cooperating with the allegations being raised against him. “ I want to tell Gyanesh Kumar, you are a highly educated person: the thing that you have done is an act against India. This is an attack against legal structure and Constitution. We are not going to let democracy be destroyed ,” Gandhi said. “The two ECs have done a wise thing. They have come clean. Gyanesh Kumar should think seriously and he should turn approver. That would be an act of nationalism,” he added. Gandhi also questioned why the…