Doomdooma, Oct. 24 -- The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday staged a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Doomdooma in Tinsukia district of Upper Assam.

The protesters were demanding his resignation over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Several mass organisations affiliated with the CPI(M) staged a protest outside the Doomdooma Revenue Circle Office, accusing the Election Commission of risking the exclusion of eligible citizens from the electoral process.

Holding placards and raising slogans demanding Kumar's resignation, the protesters alleged that the revision exercise could undermine citizens' constitutional right to vote.

"The right to vote is a consti...