Police put barricades in place amid anti-SIR protests in Delhi | File, representational image
\n\nLeft parties, students groups, on Friday, once again led a protest march against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The march began in central Delhi, with participants heading towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters to protest against the alleged deletion of voters. However, since the imposition of BNSS Section 163 (earlier Section 144 of the CrPC) – which prohibits gathering of four or more people – the protesters were stopped from heading towards the poll body office. Some of them were also detained when they tried to resist the police and continue protest march towards the poll body headquarters.
\n\nThe march, called by the Delhi Coordination Committee of People Against SIR — a people's collective — started near Gole Dak Khana, at the intersection of Kalibari Marg and Bhai Vir Singh Marg.
\n\nKrantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) and the Students' Federation of India (SFI) had also extended their support to the protest, with activists from Delhi, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh participating as well.
\n\nCockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke and AISA chief Neha…
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