Sonipat, Oct. 9 -- Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Friday urged Opposition parties to approach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar through proper channels to address their concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying dialogue rather than repeated protests would help find a solution.

Speaking to ANI here, Paswan acknowledged that protests were a democratic right but questioned the repeated demonstrations in the national capital and the inconvenience caused to ordinary citizens ahead of the proposed Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10.

"In a democracy like India, there is certainly scope for protests, and you should by all means protest. However, I want to unders...