INDIA Bloc Holds Mock CEC Impeachment; BJP Rebuts 13 Crore Voter Deletion Charge - India Today
The INDIA bloc organised a symbolic mock parliament and public impeachment proceeding against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of treason and orchestrating electoral manipulation through the deletion of over 13 crore voters. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge leveled six charges against the Election Commission chief, alleging unconstitutional voter list purges and collusion with the ruling government. In a sharp counterattack, the Bharatiya Janata Party defended the Special Intensive Revision process, explaining the ASDD formula covering absent, shifted, deceased, and duplicate electors. BJP leaders detailed that out of the 13 crore names, millions had permanently shifted, over two crore were deceased, and more than one crore were duplicate entries. The ruling party questioned why 38 lakh opposition booth-level agents failed to flag erroneous deletions during field verification. The broadcast features heated debate over the legality of the revision drive, procedural transparency within the poll body, and the presence of undocumented immigrants on the electoral register.