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

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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.

Anti CEC protest Delhi
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
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CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat
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
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Election Commission of India Delhi protest
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
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People Against SIR march
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
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Section 163 BNSS New Delhi protest
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
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Special Intensive Revision protest march in New Delhi
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
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people protesting against SIR in Delhi
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
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Allegations of voter deletion in Special Intensive Revision
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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Student organizations participating in anti CEC protest
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
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Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
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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