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A week-old alliance of students, farmers, and civil society groups called the People Against SIR is organizing a march in Delhi to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The march, which will be called "Har Gali mein Jantar Mantar," is scheduled for today, starting from Bangla Sahib Gurdwara in Connaught Place and ending at the Election Commission's office near Patel Chowk.

Prominent figures invited to join the protest include Abhijeet Dipke, Prakash Raj, Neha Bora, Aishe Ghosh, Prashant Bhushan, Rakesh Tikait, and Tushar Gandhi. The People Against SIR platform alleges that the SIR exercise is illegal and demands the voter lists be reset to their pre-2024 version, updated through social audits as per the Election Commission Manual and CAG guidelines.

The alliance formed on October 14 at Surjeet Bhavan in New Delhi comprises representatives from farmers, workers, women, students, Adivasis, Dalits, and minorities.