Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Kolkata Left Parties Rally Against CEC, Electoral Roll Revision
Left parties held a protest march in Kolkata.
They wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar removed.
They also wanted the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists stopped.
The parties said some genuine voters’ names were allegedly deleted.
They asked that those names be restored.
They also opposed the 2023 law used to appoint election commissioners.
Leaders from several Left parties joined the march.
The procession ended at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Esplanade.
The CPI(M)-led Left Front held a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday, October 2.
Protesters demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an immediate halt to the SIR process.
The parties sought restoration of genuine voters’ names allegedly deleted during the electoral-roll revision.
The procession ran from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Esplanade.
The Left parties also called for repeal of the 2023 law governing election-commission appointments.
- Who
- The CPI(M)-led Left Front, including leaders of the CPI(M), RSP, Forward Bloc and CPI, organized the protest.
- What
- A rally demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, a halt to the SIR process and restoration of allegedly deleted voter names.
- When
- Friday, October 2.
- Where
- Kolkata, with the procession running from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Esplanade.
- Why
- The parties said they were defending democracy, opposing the electoral-roll revision and seeking changes to election-commission appointment rules.
- Organizer
- CPI(M)-led Left Front
- Main demand
- Removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Electoral-roll demand
- Immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision and restoration of names allegedly deleted from the rolls
- Additional demand
- Repeal of the 2023 law governing appointments of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners
- Protest route
- From the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Esplanade
- Participants
- Mohammed Salim and Sujan Chakraborty were among those taking part
- Political context
- The CPI(M) won one seat in the assembly elections held earlier this year