{"id":32850,"date":"2026-10-05T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32850"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:04:13","slug":"vote-bachao-desh-bachao-congress-announces-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32850","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao\u2019: Congress announces nationwide campaign against CEC Gyanesh Kumar | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134711694,imgsize-83579,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao\u2019: Congress announces nationwide campaign against CEC Gyanesh Kumar\" title=\"Congress general secretary KC Venugopal\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Congress general secretary KC Venugopal\">Congress general secretary KC Venugopal<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court clarified that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, Congress on Monday announced an intensified nationwide campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.<!-- --> Party&#8217;s general secretary KC Venugopal threatened that the agitation over alleged \u201cvote theft\u201d would continue until Kumar is removed and the electoral system is corrected.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Announcing the \u2018Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao\u2019 campaign, Venugopal said the Congress would take its protest from blocks and villages to the national capital, with marches, chaupals, rallies and a major mobilisation in Delhi planned between October 10 and November 26.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>\u201cCongress President has given a clear direction today to the PCC Presidents, In-charges, and General Secretaries for an aggressive, nationwide campaign against vote theft &#8211; &#8216;Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao&#8217;. This is the slogan we are raising,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The announcement came after a meeting of Congress general secretaries, in-charges, PCC presidents and frontal organisation heads chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Venugopal said the campaign would not be a short-term protest. \u201cRahul Gandhi has also given clear directions to our leaders that this agitation is not going to end tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. This will be a continuous, aggressive campaign till Gyanesh Kumar is removed and the system has to be corrected,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The Supreme Court on Monday said it had not approved any modified Form 6, which is used for enrolling new voters during the SIR. <!-- -->Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said, \u201cAny modified Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let&#8217;s be clear. When the record is produced, we would like to see who has modified.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Venugopal seized on the development to attack the Election Commission. \u201cYou know the Election Commission has become the &#8216;Cheating Commission of India&#8217;. After this much &#8211; after this much observation from the Supreme Court and the opposition parties, and two Commissioners&#8217; remarks also, he is misleading the people,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The first phase of the Congress campaign, from October 10 to 20, will feature block-level bike rallies, cycle rallies and padyatras. \u201cAll over India, it will happen. Thousands of workers in each block will participate in this march demanding this thing, and we will burn the effigies of Gyanesh Kumar,\u201d Venugopal said.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>From October 25 to November 25, Congress workers, whom the party is calling \u201cVote Rakshaks\u201d, will hold village chaupals and identify voters it alleges have been unfairly deleted from electoral rolls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The campaign will culminate with a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1 and six \u2018Chalo Delhi\u2019 yatras on November 25 and 26.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>Venugopal also announced a protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission on Tuesday, saying, \u201cOur aim is to have a peaceful demonstration to show the protest against the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission-of-india\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Commission of India<\/a>.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>\u201cEvery person of India wants to remove the Chief Election Commissioner. Only two people want to retain him &#8211; Prime Minister and Amit Shah,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/vote-bachao-desh-bachao-congress-announces-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar\/articleshow\/134711509.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress general secretary KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court clarified that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, Congress on Monday announced an intensified nationwide campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Party&#8217;s general secretary KC Venugopal threatened that the agitation over alleged \u201cvote theft\u201d would continue until Kumar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/congress-launches-nationwide-campaign-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-from-october-10.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Congress general secretary KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court clarified that it had not approved any modified version of Form 6, Congress on Monday announced an intensified nationwide campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. 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