Shimla, October 17:
A meeting of the Kyar-Matiyana zone of the Theog Assembly constituency was held at Matiyana on Friday under the chairmanship of AICC spokesperson and Theog MLA Kuldeep Singh Rathore.
AICC secretary and Himachal Pradesh Congress co-in-charge Vidit Chaudhary attended the meeting as a special guest. Shimla Rural District Congress Committee president Hari Krishan Himral and Theog Block Congress Committee president Sanjay Sharma were also present.
Several elected panchayat pradhans, BDC members, panchayat Congress presidents and booth presidents participated in the meeting.
Congress workers strongly criticised the BJP-led Central Government and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that more than 13 crore voters were being deprived of their voting rights. They demanded Kumar’s removal from office.
The meeting was followed by a protest against the BJP government, with party workers raising slogans under the campaign “Save the Vote, Save the Nation.”
Among those present were Mamta Thakur, Tek Chand Bhaik, Sheetal Bhaik, Sangeeta, Ranjana, Manju, Krishan Pal, Diwan Chandel, Inder Singh Kanwar, Sandeep Sharma, Nishant, BDC chairperson Naveen Kalta, Roshan Lal, Maheshwari Devi, Lal Chand, Ranjit Kanwar, Ravinder Kanwar, Reena Kashyap and Chet Ram Sharma, along with other party workers.
