{
  "id": 10986684,
  "title": "Congress Hits Streets Across MP Against SIR, Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/congress-hits-streets-across-mp-against-sir-demands-cec-gyanesh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/congress-hits-streets-across-mp-against-sir-demands-cec-gyanesh-kumars-resignation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Congress activists in Madhya Pradesh staged protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday, demanding his resignation and questioning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and electoral process. In Neemuch, workers burned Kumar's effigy, submitted a memorandum to the SDM, and clashed with police who erected barricades to restrict their entry. In Khargone, the District Congress Committee held a demonstration, symbolically handcuffed a person portraying Kumar, and raised allegations of vote theft. Similar protests occurred in Mandsaur, Dhar, Jhabua, and Alot, with workers demanding transparency in voter lists and the electoral process, and alleging irregularities in the SIR process. Leaders from various parties participated in the protests, emphasizing the need for an independent review of voter-list changes and an investigation into Congress's allegations of vote theft.",
  "summary": "Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): Congress workers protested in Neemuch on Wednesday against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, questioning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and electoral process. The rally began at Gandhi Bhawan and passed through Naya Bazaar, Ghantaghar and Phawara Chowk towards the Collectorate. Police erected barricades to restrict entry. A scuffle broke out when workers…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "VCK chief Thol. Thirumavalavan demands resignation, arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/vck-chief-thol-thirumavalavan-demands-resignation-arrest-of-chief",
        "published": "2026-09-30T11:04:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}