{"id":28624,"date":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28624"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","slug":"nothing-to-do-with-sir-row-ec-on-postponement-of-gyanesh-kumars-outreach-programmes-in-up-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28624","title":{"rendered":"‘Nothing to do with SIR row’: EC on postponement of Gyanesh Kumar’s outreach programmes in UP | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday clarified that the postponement of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s youth outreach events in Uttar Pradesh had nothing to do with the ongoing row over alleged internal differences in the poll body but were necessiated due to various logistical factors.“Adjustments in dates of events is an ongoing process which is necessitated by various factors such as availability of venues, schedules of higher authorities, natural factors etc,” officials said.“There have been many occasions when the electoral literacy conferences had been postponed\/dates changed earlier also such as HP, Ladakh, Uttarakhand. Moreover, the decision to postpone these two particular conferences was taken on Sep 21,” they added.Gyanesh Kumar was scheduled to attend the voter awareness programmes in Meerut on Friday and Varanasi on September 28.This comes as a political row erupted after an Indian Express report highlighted differences among the commissioners over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The report said election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised formal objections on at least 14 occasions over a 10-month period against decisions and orders related to electoral-roll processes.Meanwhile, the opposition launched protests across the country demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.The Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress held a protest outside the chief electoral officer\u2019s office in Bhopal, demanding Kumar\u2019s resignation. Protesters raised slogans against the CEC and carried posters reading \u201carrest Gyanesh Kumar for treason\u201d and \u201cVote-Chori magic trick exposed\u201d.In Dehradun, Congress workers also staged a protest demanding Kumar\u2019s resignation, with Congress MP Kumari Selja leading the demonstration.In Punjab, Pradesh Congress committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring demanded Kumar\u2019s dismissal, an FIR against him and his alleged collaborators, and their arrest. He also announced a march to the ECI office in Chandigarh under the leadership of Sachin Pilot.<\/p>\n

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