Reports of Home Secretary holding talks with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi during dharna against CEC are fake, says PIB
Reports of Home Secretary holding talks with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi during dharna against CEC are fake, says PIB
Executive Summaryसारांश
Times Now and journalist Arvind Gunasekar, citing sources, reported that Priyanka Gandhi was in talks with the Union Home Secretary and that Home Ministry officials had approached the Gandhis to end their dharna against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. PIB Fact Check has called these claims fake. No such talks took place.Times Now and journalist Arvind Gunasekar, citing sources, reported that Priyanka Gandhi was in talks with the Union Home Secretary and that Home Ministry officials had approached the Gandhis to end their dharna against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. PIB Fact Check has called these claims fake. No such talks took place.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, and Priyanka Gandhi are staging a dharna at Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. They are demanding a meeting with the CEC and the Election Commissioners. During the protest, Times Now reported, citing "top sources", that Priyanka Gandhi was coordinating with the Home Secretary and had told him "We want to meet ECs". Journalist Arvind Gunasekar also posted that Union Home Ministry officials had reached out to the Gandhis to end the impasse, and that the Congress leaders said they would continue until allowed to meet the CEC and ECs. PIB Fact Check has marked both posts as fake, meaning the government denies that the Home Secretary or Home Ministry officials held any such talks with the Congress leaders. The fact-check covers only the reported Home Ministry involvement, not the protest itself, which comes amid the ongoing dispute over the SIR and the Form 6 declaration.
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, and Priyanka Gandhi are staging a dharna at Akashvani Bhavan in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. They are demanding a meeting with the CEC and the Election Commissioners. During the protest, Times Now reported, citing "top sources", that Priyanka Gandhi was coordinating with the Home Secretary and had told him "We want to meet ECs". Journalist Arvind Gunasekar also posted that Union Home Ministry officials had reached out to the Gandhis to end the impasse, and that the Congress leaders said they would continue until allowed to meet the CEC and ECs. PIB Fact Check has marked both posts as fake, meaning the government denies that the Home Secretary or Home Ministry officials held any such talks with the Congress leaders. The fact-check covers only the reported Home Ministry involvement, not the protest itself, which comes amid the ongoing dispute over the SIR and the Form 6 declaration.