Left parties stage protests across Visakhapatnam, demand removal of CEC

By The Hindu Staff

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Left parties stage protests across Visakhapatnam, demand removal of CEC — Photo credit: The Hindu

CPI(M) leaders and members burn portraits of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls near Maddilapalem in Visakhapatnam on Friday. | Photo Credit: V RAJU

Activists of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) took out a rally from the party’s district office at Pithapuram Colony to the National Highway at Maddilapalem on Friday, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

CPI(M) district secretariat members B. Gangarao and P. Mani alleged that Mr. Gyanesh Kumar was part of a “conspiracy” by the BJP and the RSS to delete the votes of those opposed to the ruling party. They said the Union government amended the election law in 2023 to suit itself.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 9, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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