Bengaluru, Sept. 24 -- Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and called for scrapping the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and conducting a fresh revision of electoral data to protect democracy and every citizen's right to vote.

"The right to vote is the right to live. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi have raised their voices in defence of the voting rights of the people of the country," Shivakumar said.

He alleged that attempts were being made to misuse the voting rights of ordinary citizens for political purposes.

"Similar attempts have been made in West Bengal, Bihar and several...