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Former bureaucrats call for resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

A group of former civil servants has called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, describing recent actions regarding voter roll revisions as an infringement on constitutional functioning. A former Union Home Secretary has also urged opposition parties to boycott elections until the commissioner steps down. Whether opposition parties will act on the call to boycott upcoming polls has not been confirmed.

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  • feeds-feedburnerEx-bureaucrats
  • thehinduFormer Home Secretary
  • telegramFormer minister in Modi Cabinet
WhereKalaburagi
17.336, 76.838 ±10 km
First reported26 days ago
Published2026-09-29 12:07 UTC
Sources3
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Reports6Independent tellings3
3 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Former bureaucrats call for resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. 2026-09-29T12:07:00.839Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4007. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-29/congress-stages-protest-in-kalaburagi-demanding-cec-gyanesh-kumars-resignation-3ae3aa93

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