Mallikarjun Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge is the President of the Indian National Congress party. He is currently newsworthy due to his prominent role in opposition protests demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. Kharge has articulated three "non-negotiable" demands: Kumar's resignation, the cancellation of a "SIR exercise," and a return to paper ballot voting. These demands stem from a protest march in New Delhi where opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, were briefly arrested for attempting to breach barricades. The protests are centered around a controversial revision of voter lists. Kharge's leadership in articulating these demands highlights the Congress party's stance against the current election commission's practices and their push for electoral reforms.