Left parties, student and youth groups stage protest against CEC in Kalaburagi

Members of Left parties, student and youth organisations staged a protest at the railway station in Kalaburagi on Saturday, demanding the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and an end to suppression of the right to protest. The protest was organised jointly by the CPI(M), the CPI, the SUCI(C) and student and youth organisations.

The protesters crossed the railway gate, marched on the platform and staged a sit-in there for about two hours, facing a confrontation with the police. CPI(M) district secretary K. Neela alleged that the BJP-led Union government was using the SIR exercise to deprive people of their voting rights, describing the revision process as unconstitutional and detrimental to democracy.

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