New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Protests against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were held in Delhi and Mumbai on Friday, with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and voter-list issues at the centre of the demonstrations. The protests took place on Gandhi Jayanti amid disagreement between protesters and the poll body over the revision of electoral rolls and demands for greater transparency.

In Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party organised a protest involving Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda, former chief minister Atishi, Delhi unit president Saurabh Bhardwaj and MLA Sanjeev Jha, among others. Police made security arrangements around Jantar Mantar and detained more than 1,000 leaders a...