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‘Gyanesh Gaddar’: Youth Congress Defaces CEC's Agra Home During Protest

Police arrested two Congress leaders after protesters spray-painted slogans on Gyanesh Kumar’s home and the party widened its agitation over electoral-roll concerns.

  • On Monday, police arrested two Congress leaders after workers defaced Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's Agra residence, spray-painting "Gyanesh Gaddar, Gyanesh Chor" on the main gate and wall.
  • This incident follows an intensifying confrontation between Congress and the Election Commission over the poll panel's functioning, particularly the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
  • An investigation by The Indian Express last week claimed two Election Commissioners formally raised objections on 14 occasions over 10 months, calling specific voter enrolment changes "unauthorised/illegal."
  • Demonstrations spread across Uttar Pradesh, with Congress members staging protests in Lucknow, Varanasi, and Mathura, resulting in multiple arrests and police interventions.
  • Congress demands the CEC's resignation and a comprehensive probe into electoral irregularities, while Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticized the opposition's actions as "extremely irresponsible.
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Dainik Bhaskar broke the news in Bhopal, India on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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