India, Oct. 9 -- Police used water cannons several times to disperse protesters marching towards Lok Bhavan here on Friday, as a demonstration by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar turned tense, officials said.

More than 200 activists from the two Left organisations took part in the march, protesting the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, police said.

Anticipating trouble, police erected barricades at a distance from Lok Bhavan, the Governor's official residence, and deployed water cannon vehicles and riot control units.

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