Youth Congress Protests Across Cities Demanding Resignation Of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Congress workers staged nationwide protests across multiple cities, including Chandigarh, Patna, and New Delhi, demanding the immediate resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of electoral irregularities and poll rigging. Demonstrators burned effigies, displayed placards reading 'Loot of democracy', and attempted to breach police barricades outside state election offices and in the national capital along Raisina Road towards Jantar Mantar.

In Chandigarh, police deployed water cannons to disperse party workers led by Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring before detaining several leaders and protesters. The escalation followed claims by party leaders alleging an unfair electoral process, citing internal dissent within the Election Commission of India over the Special Intensive Revision procedure. The Bharatiya Janata Party responded by rejecting the allegations, maintaining that the opposition continues to target constitutional institutions out of political frustration.