Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 30 -- Youth Congress members on Wednesday held a protest march in Thiruvananthapuram demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, amid the INDIA bloc's escalating confrontation with the Election Commission over electoral reforms and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists.

During the protest, Youth Congress members removed SFI banners and staged a demonstration after alleging that members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) attacked them. Police later used mild lathi charge and tear gas to disperse the gathering.

The protest in Keralam came on the same day when INDIA bloc parties, after a coordination meeting in New Delhi, demanded the immediate resignation of CEC...