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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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'There should be a re-verification': CM DK Shivakumar demands arrest, dismissal of CEC amid SIR row

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday demanded the immediate arrest and dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing political controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and called for re-verification.

"The Chief Election Officer should be arrested and dismissed immediately. There should be a re-verification," Shivakumar said.

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