New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc on Friday (October 30) postponed its “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar due to rainfall in the national capital while alleging that Union home minister Amit Shah was “trying his best to stop people” from coming to Delhi for the rally planned on Sunday (November 1) at Ramlila Maidan.

The decision to postpone the “public impeachment” was taken at a meeting of opposition leaders on Friday afternoon at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence. Following the meeting, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi flanked by other leaders of the INDIA bloc addressed a joint press conference and said that the event would be held on Saturday (October 31).

“By consensus, we have decided to postpone today’s programme to tomorrow at the same time. Because of the rain, we felt it would be uncomfortable for senior citizens to sit in the rain, so we will hold the exact same programme tomorrow,” Gandhi said.

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“The day after, we have a march to Ramlila Ground, with all the opposition and everybody who wants to come, political, non-political, social service people, civil society people and journalists and both programmes are about the demolition of Indian democracy by Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Gyanesh Kumar and his crew in the Election Commission,” he added. 

Further, Gandhi said that........

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