Kolkata/IBNS, March 9 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday morning visited the Kalighat Temple, navigating protests by ruling All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers who showed black flags and raised slogans over the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, media reports said.

Kumar, who is at the centre of the ruling party's fury over SIR, arrived in Kolkata with the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday night.

Upon his arrival at the airport, TMC workers raised black flags and slogans. On Monday morning, large numbers of party supporters gathered outside the Kalighat temple during Kumar's visit.

Police beefed up security on both occasions and ensured Kumar's sa...