India, Oct. 28 -- The Jharkhand assembly will hold a two-day special session on November 25 and 26 to deliberate over contentious issues, including the electoral roll Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act passed this year. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting Chief Minister Hemant Soren chaired on Tuesday.

The development comes amid nationwide protests seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal and scrapping of SIR over alleged irregularities in the process.

The Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is organising a rally as part of the protests in Delhi on November 1.

Soren called SIR a big issue and added that there...