Hundreds of leaders, parliamentary representatives, and grassroots activists affiliated with major Left parties staged an energetic demonstration outside the headquarters of the Election Commission of India at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi. The protesting cadres demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging large-scale administrative bias in the compilation of revised electoral registries.
Carrying red banners and shouting slogans against alleged voter disenfranchisement, demonstrators breached initial police barricades before law enforcement personnel deployed water cannons and rapid intervention teams to prevent entry into the commission’s administrative complex. Left leaders addressed the gathering from a makeshift dais, presenting documentation claiming arbitrary voter roll purges in working-class neighborhoods and rural bastions.
Senior police officers placed several prominent political leaders under preventive detention, later transporting them to designated security compounds before releasing them late in the evening. Party coordinators announced that demonstrations would be decentralized across district headquarters nationwide until statutory safeguards for transparent voter verification are restored.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cec-election-commission-row-gyanesh-kumar-live-updates-september-29-2026/article71522496.ece