Congress demands resignation of Chief Election Commissioner against Amit Shah's challenge for a session of Parliament

According to reports received from Delhi, following Union Home Minister Amit Shah's expression of readiness to convene a special session of Parliament, the Congress party adopted an aggressive stance on Tuesday (date 03 November 2026). Retaliating, the Congress stated that if the Home Minister is truly serious about this proposal, he should first ensure the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar (Gyanesh Kumar) and also suspend the process of SIR (Special Intensive Revision - Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls).

According to a report published in The Hindu newspaper, Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh issued an elaborate statement on the social media platform 'X' in this regard. He stated that even though 82 days have passed since the monsoon session of Parliament was adjourned sine die, it has not yet been prorogued.

Jairam Ramesh alleged that this is being done because the Home Minister is still considering a plan to convene a special session of Parliament to pass the Delimitation Bills (delimitation bills) on the strength of a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha. He added that what is inside these bills has not come out yet, but their clear objective is to avoid the clear defeat looming against the BJP in the year 2029.

Taking a dig at Home Minister Amit Shah, the Congress leader termed him as someone who claims to be a 'Chanakya', boasts, and makes hollow statements. He stated that the Home Minister is now saying that he is ready to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss vote theft. When the entire opposition demanded a discussion on SIR last year, the Home Minister refused by saying that SIR is a matter under the jurisdiction of the Election Commission.

Jairam Ramesh stated in clear words that if the Home Minister is serious about convening a special session on the issue of vote theft, he should first take the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who works at his behest, and stop the SIR process. In addition, he also added that his new proposals regarding delimitation (delimitation) should also be shared with the opposition in advance. He raised a question as to why the Home Minister does not muster the courage to call an all-party meeting to discuss these proposals in detail.

These statements have come at a time when a day prior to this, Home Minister Amit Shah had announced that the government is ready to convene a special session of Parliament on this issue and he threw an open challenge to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to discuss this matter in the House.

While leading the BJP's 'Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy' Padyatra in New Delhi, Amit Shah on Sunday (date 01 November 2026) dismissed the INDIA bloc rally held in Delhi as a 'Save Infiltrators' rally. He questioned that if EVMs (EVMs) are bad, how did Congress form governments in states including Telangana? He also said that Rahul Gandhi can become Prime Minister only in a mock parliament (fake parliament).

Throwing a challenge from Hyderabad, Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that Rahul Gandhi keeps the Constitution in his hand but does not respect the Constitution. Rahul ji, you do not let Parliament run. Whether it is EVM, SIR or infiltrators, we are ready to convene a special session, come for discussion.

He claimed that if the session of Parliament takes place, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tear Congress to pieces. He also accused Congress of trying to remain in the limelight through anarchy.

Amit Shah alleged that the country's oldest party is trying to stop the SIR process to save 'Bangladeshi infiltrators' from the voter list. He emphasized that the BJP will weed out every single infiltrator from the voter list.

In this entire political sequence, the round of allegations and counter-allegations has intensified between both parties, where on one hand the BJP is issuing a challenge to discuss issues like infiltration, EVMs and SIR, while on the other hand the Congress party is sticking to the demand for the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner by raising questions on the transparency of the Election Commission and the government.