The party reiterated its demands for Kumar’s removal, suspension of the SIR exercise and a revamp of the ECINET portal, alleging that the electoral roll revision was being used to delete legitimate voters’ names

Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh questioned the handling of the case, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to respond to the allegations