MVA holds two-wheeler rally in Washim demanding action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Maha Vikas Aghadi workers rode from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chowk to the Collector's office and submitted a joint memorandum shouting slogans against Gyanesh Kumar.
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The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) took out a two-wheeler rally in Washim at 1 pm on Thursday. The rally started from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chowk and went to the Washim Collector's office. It was initiated by Washim District Congress Committee president Rajubhau Chaudhari.
The programme was organised by the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. The demand was that immediate action be taken against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and that he be arrested. In this connection, a "Save Democracy" week was held at the district level between Friday and Thursday. Taking along like-minded parties in the district, a large rally was taken out under the name "Save the Vote, Save the Nation" morcha.
Slogans such as "Remove Gyanesh Kumar, save the country" and "Cancel SIR" were raised during the rally. At the Collector's office, the MVA submitted a memorandum signed jointly by all the parties. Protesters hit an effigy of Gyanesh Kumar with shoes and trampled it underfoot to register their protest. The rally ended with the singing of the national song.
Those present included Congress Washim district president Raju Chaudhari, Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv Sena district chief Balaji Wankhede, NCP city president Amit Khadse, MNS district president Raju Kidse, Sambhaji Brigade district president Gajanan Bhoyar, Janata Party coordinator Gajanan Dhamne and AAP's Prakash Kamble. Adv Diliprao Sarnaik, Dr Siddharth Deole, Gajanan Deshmukh Wadjikar, Sudhir Kavhar, Kisanrao Maske, Captain Prashant Surve, Raju Bhandurge and SC cell district president Manish Bhalerao also took part. The programme was conducted by district Congress committee general secretary Ujjwal Deshmukh, and secretary Suresh Ratnaparkhi proposed the vote of thanks.
On the same issue, a "Save Democracy" agitation was held in Buldhana on Thursday by the district Congress. It was led by Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal. Speaking there, a speaker said the charge of theft and treason against the Election Commission had been proved, yet it was shielding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whom he called "Delhishwar".
According to the speaker, a large number of MPs had united against the Election Commission, and the way police arrested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at that time was deeply painful and a blot on democracy. He said the cunning ploy of the Sangh and the BJP was now out in the open. He said institutions were being used for corruption and to serve vested interests. He asked who had given the rulers the right to destroy constitutional institutions. He also demanded Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
