INDIA Bloc To Hold Mega Protest Against SIR, CEC In Bengaluru On Nov 5

Leaders of the INDIA bloc on Tuesday announced a protest at Freedom Park here on November 5 against the SIR of electoral rolls and CEC Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that constitutional institutions were being misused to undermine democracy. 

Addressing a press conference at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office here, state Congress chief BK Hariprasad said the protest in Bengaluru would be part of the INDIA bloc's nationwide agitation against the SIR exercise and its demand for the resignation of the Chief Election



Commissioner.

"The November 5 protest at Freedom Park is a continuation of the agitation organised by the INDIA bloc at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on November 1 against the Special Intensive Revision process and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar," Hariprasad said. 

He said INDIA bloc leaders had decided to intensify the agitation across the country, taking it to the taluk and block levels. "In Karnataka, we have decided to begin with a state-level protest in Bengaluru, followed by demonstrations at the district and taluk levels," he said.