{
  "id": 13484021,
  "title": "Nalasopara: Congress, SP And NCP (SP) Workers Stage Symbolic 'Pinda Daan' Protest, Demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Resignation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/nalasopara-congress-sp-and-ncp-sp-workers-stage-symbolic-pinda-daan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T17:41:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/nalasopara-congress-sp-and-ncp-sp-workers-stage-symbolic-pinda-daan-protest-demand-cec-gyanesh-kumars-resignation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Sarvapitri Amavasya, a nationwide INDIA bloc protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation gained momentum in Nalasopara. Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party leaders staged a symbolic Pinda Daan ritual, offering pindas and performing religious rites to metaphorically give a burial to Gyanesh Kumar. Hundreds of citizens witnessed the ritual, led by Congress District President Captain Nilesh Pendhari. The crow, a common symbolic participant in such rituals, abstained from touching the pinda offering. The protest leaders drew a parallel with Prime Minister Modi's extraction of gas from a gutter, implying Kumar's pinda was similarly discarded in a gutter. Three fires broke out within eight hours in Nalasopara, Virar, and Valiv, causing shop and warehouse destruction. Prominent figures like Dr. Dinesh Kamble, Rupesh Rodricks, Manoj Mhatre, Kailashnath Yadav, Kiran Shinde, Ratan Tiwari, and others were among the participants. The protest took place in front of the Tulinj Police Station in Nalasopara (East).",
  "summary": "Nalasopara: The nationwide protest called by the INDIA bloc against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for his resignation intensified today. On the occasion of Sarvapitri Amavasya, leaders and workers of the Congress, Samajwadi Party, and the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) staged a massive protest and organized a symbolic Pinda Daan ritual against Gyanesh…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}