Shimla, Nov. 1 -- Thousands of workers of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Himachal Pradesh participated in the INDIA bloc rally in New Delhi on November 1, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
In a statement issued here, CPI(M) state secretary Sanjay Chauhan alleged that the Election Commission, under the leadership of Kumar, had deprived crores of people of their voting rights by deleting their names from electoral rolls.
The rally demanded Kumar's removal from office and legal action against him, restoration of the voting rights of those whose names had been deleted, and withdrawal of the SIR exercise.
The participants al...