PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest at Kishannagar Chowk in Dehradun on Saturday as part of its nationwide ‘Loktantra Bachao-Vote Bachao’ campaign, demanding the resignation and arrest of the chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Many qparty workers from the cantonmentand Mussoorie Assembly constituencies participated in the protest, led by AAP Dehradun mahanagar president Sanjay Chhetri. The protesters raised slogans and staged a sit-in for an hour, accusing the Central Government of protecting Kumar and facilitating vote theft.
The AAP state president Uma Gaud Sisodia said that the party’s movement would continue till the integrity of the voting process was restored. She claimed that party workers in Dehradun were committed to protecting democracy and constitutional rights.
The party’s central treasurer Sharad Jain said that the protest reflected public opposition to any interference with voting rights and would strengthen the nationwide campaign. The party maintained that protecting voting rights was essential to safeguarding democracy.
