Kalaburagi: INDIA bloc protests against SIR, seeks CEC’s removal

Members of the INDIA bloc staging a protest in Kalaburagi on Tuesday (October 13), demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Members of the INDIA bloc staged a protest in Kalaburagi on Tuesday (October 13), raising slogans against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the BJP-led Union government over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The protest, organised by the Kalaburagi units of the Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India under the banner of India Okkutta (Kalaburagi unit), gathered at Jagat Circle and burnt an effigy of Mr. Kumar, demanding his resignation and a comprehensive inquiry into the alleged misuse of Form-7 applications.

The agitators demanded that the SIR exercise be scrapped, alleging that it threatened the voting rights of eligible citizens.