SIR protest: APCC chief Sharmila placed under house arrest
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Y.S. Sharmila has accused the BJP-led NDA government of undermining democracy by allegedly deleting voters' names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Congress leader was placed under house arrest at her residence in Gannavaram and prevented from attending her party's 'Chalo Lok Bhavan' protest, which demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
In response, Sharmila staged a protest by squatting on the road and expressed her criticism, calling Modi "Murderer of Democratic India." She urged people in Delhi to file Form 7, which seeks the deletion of CEC Gyanesh Kumar's vote, in order to demonstrate the distress faced by voters whose names were removed without their knowledge.
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