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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Politics

Karnataka Congress protests against SIR, demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress on Saturday staged a protest at Freedom Park here against the Election Commission's SIR exercise, demanding the resignation and arrest of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

Citing media reports, party leaders alleged that Kumar had taken several decisions without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners despite their objections. They alleged that the exercise had resulted in the deletion of a large number of voters' names.

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