India's Democracy in Crisis: Protests Erupt Across Country Against SIR and Chief Election Commissioner

Protests are being held in the country by different organizations against the SIR and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. Under the banner of'People Against SIR'alliance, a big countrywide movement has been called on 23rd October. The organization said,'Indian democracy is in deep crisis at the moment and the Election Commission has lost its impartiality. Keeping this in mind, student, farmer, labor, Dalit, tribal, women and minority organizations have decided to take to the streets to save democracy unitedly. In this protest, renowned economist Dr. Parakala Prabhakar, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke and actor Prakash Raj, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, AISA president Neha Bora, writer Tushar Gandhi, Anjali Bhardwaj, Ganesh Devi, Aishee Ghosh and Viraj Dewang will be involved. The statement said,'Teranga in every hand and Jantar Mantar in every street'has been given to the opposition parties and the citizens of the country.