CEC has lifelong immunity for helping Modi govt. steal elections: Rahul
Congress debates ways to turn SIR resistance into a people’s movement without getting caught in legal technicalities and discusses ways to mobilise party workers for an indefinite sit-in in Delhi
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of having perpetual legal immunity. He claimed that Kumar was used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to engage in "vote chori" or election theft. Gandhi made this statement on X shortly after the INDIA bloc discussed the possibility of challenging the law granting such immunity to the CEC and other election commissioners.
Kapil Sibal, a former Law Minister and jurist, suggested that the opposition should challenge the 2023 law providing immunity from criminal and civil proceedings to the CEC and ECs. However, Abhishek Singhvi, a senior advocate and Congress Working Committee member, argued that court appeals often delayed matters and could potentially legitimize the law if upheld by higher courts.
Other Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Anand Sharma, and Manish Tewari, emphasized the need for a people's movement against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, rather than relying solely on legal challenges.
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