Bengalureans continued to gather at Freedom Park Tuesday to oppose SIR and condemn the detention of activists in the country
The memorandum, prepared by My Vote, My Right — a coalition of over 40 civil society organisations, including trade unions, women’s groups and human rights organisations, along with other democratic rights groups and citizens — demands the cancellation of the SIR process in Karnataka, restoration of electoral rolls as they stood in Jan 2025, and the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Claiming that more than one crore names have been deleted from Karnataka’s rolls, the signatories said street vendors, migrant workers, single women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, Dalits and religious minorities were among the worst affected. “There’s no question of backing out. The issue is serious. “I’ve been at many protests over the years, and Monday’s police behaviour was unfamiliar, to say the least. So, the question we have is: has the election commission communicated something to the police that has not been made public? Rozario asked . A key concern raised in the memorandum is the deletion of eligible voters’ names from electoral rolls. Bengalureans continued to gather at Freedom Park Tuesday to oppose SIR and condemn the detention of activists in the country
there’s another question that remains unanswered,” said Clifton Rozario, national general secretary of All India Lawyers Association for Justice, who was allegedly assaulted during the protest While we’ve already written to the Karnataka home minister about the way police acted on Monday.
