Mysuru: Severely opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the City and District Units of Congress party staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in city yesterday.

Addressing the protestors, former District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar accused the BJP Government at the Centre of taking full control of the Election Commission. Alleging that the BJP was aiming to again come to power by illegal deletion of voters, he said that the current system cannot be corrected by traditional protests.

The Congress will take the lead in launching a second freedom struggle in order to end dictatorship that is currently prevailing in the country, he said.

Former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev said that there is a plot to delete eligible voters from the electoral rolls and as such the people should be alert. He called for a sustained struggle to ensure that the names of eligible voters are back in the electoral rolls.

District Congress President Beerihundi Basavanna and activist Ugranarasimhegowda too addressed the protestors.

City Congress President R. Murthy, Karnataka Bhovi Development Corporation Chairman M. Ramappa, KEA Chairman Ayub Khan, party leaders D. Nagabhushan, Eshwar Chakkadi, M. Shivanna, Pushpalatha Chikkanna, Pushpavalli, Arun Kumar, Nagesh, A.R. Kantharaju, G. Mahadev, Bhaskar Gowda  and others were present.