HT interview: Our fight is to restore democracy, not just form govt, says KC Venugopal on CEC protests
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The Centre is turning every democratic institution into a tool for anti-democratic actions, Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has shared, amid the Opposition’s protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Adding to this, Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal. (ANI file) In an interview with Hindustan Times, Venugopal shared the people of the country want Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to become the Prime Minister and hit out at Union home minister Amit Shah over his remarks that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha can only take up the role in a mock Parliament. Edited excerpts:
Meanwhile, There are two aspects to this. First, we have to understand the gravity of the issue that we have been raising for the last two years. (Congress MP) Rahul Gandhi has continuously raised the issue of vote theft. He has shared that elections are being stolen and that the system of conducting elections has become completely one-sided.
Notably, There is no level playing field for (opposition) political parties. There is no system to ensure free and fair elections. But initially, many people did not believe the concerns Gandhi was raising.
As per the latest buzz, I am openly saying the revelations made by two Election Commissioners about their experiences with the CEC have triggered the realisation that something very wrong was happening in the Election Commission.
In further updates, We have been continuously organising programmes. The Congress and other political parties have been raising the issue. There was already public concern about the Election Commission, but the revelations by the Election Commissioners acted as a trigger.
On top of that, There are two aspects to this agitation. One is the unity of the INDIA bloc. We are continuously coordinating with our alliance partners and have a robust coordination mechanism.
The second is the role played by the Congress in mobilising people. The party has also gained considerable enthusiasm through its organisational-building exercise, Sangathan Srijan.
Source: Hindustan Times