Activists, intellectuals and Members of Parliament hold Press Conference at Press Club of India!
On 30th September, activists, intellectuals and Members of Parliament in Delhi held a Press Conference declaring protest at Jantar Mantar on 2nd October Gandhi Jayanti to save the essentials of democracy and electoral integrity. Neha, Prashant Bhushan, Manoj Jha, Manish and N Sukumar addressed the gathering in with a call in unison with the movement for democracy taking shape all over the country with protest calls coming in from the INDIA Bloc as well as the CJP. AISA All India President Neha said, “the citizens of Delhi will join in unison the calls given nationwide against the compromise of our democracy. Gyanesh Kumar must go and there must be a structural end to the stealing of our votes.” Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan said, “this government has given life long immunity to Gyanesh Kumar so that he can never be touched for his acts of treason. We demand that this immunity be repealed.” Rajya Sabha MP Prof. Manoj Jha further emphasised the importance of democratic mobilisation, stating that sustained struggles on the streets had compelled political parties and Parliament to respond to the concerns being raised by citizens. He referred to the recent INDIA bloc meeting, where opposition parties have given a call for protests across the country from 2 to 8 October against the Chief Election Commissioner and the issues surrounding the electoral process.
Manish Kumar, AISA Uttar Pradesh President, announced that alongside the Jantar Mantar protest in New Delhi, a protest march will be organised in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on 2 October. The protest has been announced as a “People’s Impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with three central demands-mpeachment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar/Rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process/Immediate inclusion of all voters deleted from the electoral rolls/Rollback of The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. The organisers stated that the struggle is ultimately about defending the constitutional guarantee of democratic participation, the integrity of electoral rolls and the principle of free and fair elections. JOIN THE 2 OCTOBER PEOPLE’S PROTEST,Jantar Mantar, New Delhi,Against electoral exclusion.,Against the undermining of democratic institutions.For free and fair elections. For the right of every citizen to vote.
