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Kharge says Congress will not compromise on three demands over SIR

New Delhi, Oct 5 (UNI) Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday reiterated the party’s three “non-negotiable” demands amid intensifying Opposition protests against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, scrapping of the SIR exercise and a return to ballot paper voting.
In a post on social media platform X, Kharge said the Congress would not compromise on the three issues and asserted that party workers and INDIA bloc partners were taking the demands to the streets across the country.
“Congress party’s three demands are non-negotiable,” Kharge said, listing them as: “First, Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Second, cancellation of SIR. Third, elections through ballot papers.”
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