Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President BK Hariprasad on Thursday said that the INDIA bloc's protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would continue until Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
The INDIA bloc's Karnataka unit is holding a protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the SIR.
“Today, the INDIA
bloc is organising a massive protest against Mr Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR. This is in continuation of the November 1 Ramlila rally, where my leader Rahul Gandhi ji, All India Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge ji, and all INDIA bloc leaders had gathered at Ramlila to seek the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar and to scrap the SIR,” Hariprasad said.
He said that INDIA bloc leaders and members had assembled at Freedom Park to continue the protest.