New Delhi, Thousands of people, including representatives of farmers' organisations, trade unions, student bodies and Left parties, marched towards the Election Commission of India headquarters on Friday, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and withdrawal of the ongoing SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls.
Delhi Police detained over 100 protesters after they tried to breach multi-layered barricades near Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, a few hundred metres from the ECI headquarters on Ashoka Road. Carrying the Tricolour and banners reading "Scrap SIR", "Vote Chori" and "No elections with SIR", the demonstrators shouted slogans against the poll panel chief.
