PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Haridwar
Demanding immediate removal of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and a fair election system in the country, the Congress party organised a massive march in Haridwar on Wednesday.
The Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao march was led by the in- charge ofUttarakhand Congress Kumari Selja and the Pradesh Congress Committee president Ganesh Godiyal. Large number of party leaders and workers participated in the march, which began from Shiv Murti Chowk. Organised under the joint aegis of the district and Mahanagar Congress committees, the Congress workers raised their voices regarding issues related to the election system.
In her address, Selja launched a scathing attack on the central government and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for theft of votes. She said that the Congress has prayed to Mother Ganga that the country should be freed from the corrupt Narendra Modi government and the corrupt CEC. Selja alleged that the country and Uttarakhand will not accept the way democracy is being tampered with in the country. She averred that the Congress will continue to strongly raise the issues related to people’s rights and the democratic system. Referring to the issues being raised by Rahul Gandhi, she said that in the coming times these will be put before the public with more strength.
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Selja evades question on Harish Rawat
HARIDWAR: Kumari Selja evaded questions on former chief minister Harish Rawat who appears to be treading a different line in the party. In response to a question she said it is an internal matter of the party and the party high command will resolve it. It is noteworthy that in recent times there has been a lot of discussion within the Congress regarding Harish Rawat’s Jan Samvad Yatra and the objections raised by Selja on the Yatra. Incidentally Rawat was in New Delhi on Wednesday to submit his explanation to the party high command on his Yatra.
