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Prakash Raj, Dipke join anti-SIR protest
Published: 08/10/26 10:07
Bengaluru | India
Bengaluru, Oct 8 (UNI) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls came under sharp attack in Bengaluru on Thursday as actor-activist Prakash Raj and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee joined Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke at a protest demanding an end to the exercise and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protest at Freedom Park, organised as a "People's Tribunal", brought together alleged victims of SIR from across Karnataka, besides students, women, youth organisations and civil society groups. The protesters accused the Election Commission of disenfranchising eligible voters through alleged wrongful deletions from electoral rolls and…