Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Dhruv Rathee Demands Election Chief’s Resignation Over SIR
People gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru to protest a voter-list review called SIR.
YouTuber Dhruv Rathee said the Election Commission was not being open or accountable.
He asked Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Rathee said he came as an ordinary citizen, not to bring about a change in government.
He described voter-list changes in several states, but these were his claims.
Actor Prakash Raj said the SIR exercise should be stopped because he believes it harms people’s rights and dignity.
CJP and student groups are urging people to join more protests, including one planned for October 10.
The articles report protesters’ claims and do not include a response from the Election Commission or the officials named.
At a Bengaluru protest, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee accused the Election Commission of having “zero transparency and zero accountability” over the SIR exercise and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Rathee said he attended as a private citizen, denied seeking regime change, and urged voters of all political affiliations to support the protest.
He cited alleged voter-roll changes in West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Goa; these figures and claims were attributed to Rathee in the report.
Actor-activist Prakash Raj called for the SIR exercise to be scrapped, saying it threatened citizens’ dignity and rights.
CJP and student groups called for further mobilisation, including an October 10 protest; a separate report said the campaign claims more than 130 million people were removed from voter rolls.
- Who
- Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj, CJP and student groups; the protest focused on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission.
- What
- A protest against the SIR voter-list exercise, where speakers alleged a lack of transparency and called for Kumar’s resignation or for SIR to be scrapped.
- When
- Thursday; CJP and student groups also called for an October 10 protest. The articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- Freedom Park, Bengaluru; a separate campaign press conference was held in New Delhi.
- Why
- Protesters said the SIR exercise and voter-list changes threaten citizens’ voting rights and called for greater transparency and electoral-system reform.
- Protest venue
- Freedom Park, Bengaluru
- Main issue
- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
- Rathee’s demand
- He demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Prakash Raj’s position
- He called for the SIR exercise to be scrapped.
- October mobilisation
- CJP and student organisations called for an October 10 protest.
- Voter-roll removals
- The campaign was reported as saying more than 130 million people had been removed from the rolls.
- Rathee’s state-level claims
- He cited alleged voter-roll changes in West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Goa.
