Keralam Congress Workers Stage Mock Funeral Of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Dump 'Ashes' In Toilet | VIDEO

Congress workers in Keralam's Palakkad staged a mock funeral of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, burning his garlanded photograph on a funeral pyre and later dumping the ashes into a toilet. The demonstration, organised by the Block Congress Committee near the Stadium Bus Stand, featured a mock funeral procession and rituals modelled on Hindu cremation ceremonies.

According to an NDTV report, the protesters carried a mock funeral bier from the DCC office to the bus stand, where they kept Kumar's garlanded photo next to the pyre. They then performed the funeral and set the pyre on fire. 

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Once the fire was out, the workers removed the ashes and emptied them into a toilet. The protest was aimed at Kumar, who has faced mounting criticism from opposition parties over the Election Commission's handling of electoral-roll revisions.

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The protest has also drawn attention because Congress leaders had previously criticised the Students' Federation of India (SFI) for staging a mock funeral of the principal of Government Victoria College in Palakkad. Congress workers have now used a similar form of protest against the head of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a constitutional authority responsible for overseeing elections.

The demonstration comes amid a nationwide Congress campaign demanding Kumar's removal over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The party has alleged that the revision process lacks transparency and risks excluding eligible voters.

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The controversy intensified after The Indian Express reported in September that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on record at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions linked to the SIR.

The report cited concerns over voter registration, deletion of names and access to electoral-roll data. The Election Commission, however, maintained that its decisions, including those related to the SIR, had been taken unanimously.