{
  "id": 11907880,
  "title": "Garjana Morcha: Uddhav, Raj Thackeray lead protest seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, scrapping of Maharashtra SIR",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/garjana-morcha-uddhav-raj-thackeray-lead-protest-seeking-gyanesh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/garjana-morcha-uddhav-raj-thackeray-lead-protest-seeking-gyanesh-kumars-resignation-scrapping-of-maharashtra-sir"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray led a protest on Sunday, seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The demonstration, known as the Virat Garjana Morcha, commenced at Metro Cinema in South Mumbai and concluded in front of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters. During the protest, Uddhav Thackeray alleged that 13 crore voters had been removed from the voter rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. He stated that the entire country was now protesting against \"vote chor.\" Raj Thackeray demanded that the SIR process be scrapped and that elections should be conducted using ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines. He also questioned the sudden increase in the total number of voters in Maharashtra from 40 lakh to 60 lakh over a six-month period.",
  "summary": "Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday led a protest seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of irregularities in the special intensive revision process. The protest, called the Virat Garjana Morcha, began from Metro Cinema in South Mumbai and ended in front of the Brihanmumbai Municipal…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "MNS Chief Raj Thackeray Demands Scrapping Of SIR, Return To Paper Ballots At Mumbai's Garjana Morcha",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/mns-chief-raj-thackeray-demands-scrapping-of-sir-return-to-paper",
        "published": "2026-10-04T09:12:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}