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In Photos: Flags And Slogans Fill Delhi Streets In Fresh Anti-SIR Protest

More than hundred people were detained in central Delhi on Friday as a march against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls headed towards the Election Commission headquarters, with participants demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged voter deletions.

A demonstrator during a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat and others take part in a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat and others take part in a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
A woman stands in front of a bus carrying detained demonstrators during a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
A woman stands in front of a bus carrying detained demonstrators during a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
People stage a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
People stage a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
People stage a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
People stage a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Demonstrators being detained during a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
Demonstrators being detained during a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
People carrying Indian flags in New Delhi, protest against the revision of electoral rolls that removed more than 130 million voters from the lists, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
People carrying Indian flags in New Delhi, protest against the revision of electoral rolls that removed more than 130 million voters from the lists, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Manish Swarup
Activists during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
Activists during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat and others take part in a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat and others take part in a protest against the alleged deletion of voters and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Activists during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.
Activists during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
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