Prakash Raj demands scrapping of SIR, calls upon citizens to ‘hit the streets’

Actor-activist Prakash Raj | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH

Urging the citizens to “hit the streets” against the disenfranchisement of over 13 crore voters using the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, actor-activist Prakash Raj has said the SIR process was “an attempt to kill democracy, destroy the Constitution and take away the right to vote from citizens.”

Addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), Mr. Prakash Raj demanded that the SIR be scrapped, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar be forced to resign, and all those behind the SIR process be held accountable.

“This fight is not about political parties. This is a movement in which every citizen of the country should come to the streets. Citizens usually decide the government. Why is the government now deciding who gets to vote? Those who lost their voting rights include Adivasis, daily-wage labourers, Dalits, Muslims, Christians and other minorities,” he said.