In Photos: CEC Gyanesh Kumar, SIR Face Protests In Bengaluru

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Protesters in Bengaluru have raised objections to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, amid growing political opposition to the exercise.

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Abhijeet Dipke SIR protest
Indian influencer and activist Dhruv Rathee, left, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, fifth left, Indian actor Prakash Raj, seventh left, and other supporters carry copies of a report on Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which removed a large number of Indian voters from the electoral roll, during a protest demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Prakash Raj Freedom Park
Indian actor Prakash Raj, left, speaks as Cockroach Janta Party founderAbhijeet Dipke, center, gestures during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Dhruv Rathee Bengaluru protest
Indian influencer and activist Dhruv Rathee speaks during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Peoples Tribunal Bengaluru Freedom Park
Supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party display placards during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Electoral roll irregularities Karnataka
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of Cockroach Janta Party, left, speaks as voters who were allegedly declared dead in the electoral roll carry their papers, during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Voter list deletion controversy Bengaluru
Supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party display placards during a protest demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Indian actor Prakash Raj, left, speaks as Abhijeet Dipke
Indian actor Prakash Raj, left, speaks as Abhijeet Dipke, founder of Cockroach Janta Party, center, greets the audience during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Scrap SIR campaign Karnataka
Supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party display placards during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Supporters of Indias Cockroach Janta Party
Supporters of India's Cockroach Janta Party display placards during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi
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Indian influencer and activist Dhruv Rathee
Indian influencer and activist Dhruv Rathee, center, and Abhijeet Dipke, founder of Cockroach Janta Party, left, take selfies with others during a protest gathering demanding the resignation of the country's election chief Gyanesh Kumar, in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi

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