Coordinate with allies for stir, Congress tells state units

NEW DELHI: A day after the opposition decided to hit the streets together, Congress on Thursday asked its state and district units to take a lead role in coordinating with INDIA bloc allies for the joint agitation from Oct 2-8 to press for CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.The district events will see large mobilisation at the local level - marches to Ambedkar or Gandhi statue or to Election Commission office in a district. There, the gathering will sing the national anthem and hold a public reading of Article 326 on universal adult suffrage. The units have been specifically asked to end their programmes by burning the effigies of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.As part of signalling intent locally, district units have been asked to hold meetings with allies and to address the media. Then, Congress's block units have been asked to strategise about mobilisation and logistics with allies.AICC general secretary KC Venugopal has sent a circular to state units with clear instructions to ensure joint programmes.Continuing his attack on EC and the government over SIR and related issues, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi asked about TCS's role in "illegally" changing Form 6."Online Form 6 was changed illegally - as EC's own commissioners have recorded. Who at EC ordered TCS to make that change? Who at TCS signed off on it? And were they pressured into doing it?" he posted on X.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.