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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary