Left parties demand Gyanesh Kumar's removal, nationwide protests against SIR

New Delhi, Sep 24 (UNI) The five Left parties on Thursday stepped up their attack on the Election Commission of India, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and restoration of voting rights to all eligible citizens allegedly excluded from the rolls, following reports that two of the three Election Commissioners had raised objections to several decisions of the poll panel. In a joint statement, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India…