Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Rajasthan Congress Protest Over SIR Stopped by Water Cannons
Rajasthan Congress workers held a protest in Jaipur about alleged problems with voter lists.
They said the Special Intensive Revision could lead to unfair changes in voter records.
The protesters wanted to march to the State Election Commission office.
Police stopped them with barricades and water cannons.
Some senior Congress leaders were detained, according to party sources.
Congress leaders accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of harming democracy.
They said the protest would continue across Rajasthan.
A separate report said two Election Commissioners had concerns about how voter-list powers were being organized.
Rajasthan Congress workers marched toward the State Election Commission office in Jaipur over alleged vote theft and electoral-roll irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision.
Police stopped the march with barricades and water cannons after protesters attempted to move forward near Shaheed Smarak.
Ashok Gehlot, Govind Singh Dotasra and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa joined the protest; party sources said Gehlot, Dotasra and Randhawa were detained.
Dotasra accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of irregularities and said the agitation would expand across Rajasthan.
A report said Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised concerns about concentrating voter-list update powers centrally within the Election Commission.
- Who
- Rajasthan Congress workers and leaders, including Ashok Gehlot, Govind Singh Dotasra, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Tikaram Jully and Pratap Singh Khachariyawas.
- What
- A protest march over alleged vote theft and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls was stopped by police using barricades and water cannons.
- When
- Monday, September 28.
- Where
- Shaheed Smarak and the proposed State Election Commission office area in Jaipur, Rajasthan; traffic on MI Road was diverted.
- Why
- Congress said it was protesting alleged electoral-roll irregularities and what its leaders described as threats to democratic institutions.
- Protest issue
- Alleged vote theft and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Protest location
- Shaheed Smarak, Jaipur
- Planned destination
- State Election Commission office
- Police action
- Barricades and water cannons were used to stop the march
- Detentions
- Party sources said Ashok Gehlot, Govind Singh Dotasra and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa were detained
- Traffic impact
- Traffic on MI Road was diverted
- Related report
- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi reportedly wrote separately to Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan about the organization of voter-list powers