CPI(M) leader MA Baby detained during Delhi protest against ECI

The protest marks a peak in a week-long campaign organized by the CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and All India Forward Bloc. Demonstrators argue that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise compromises the integrity of voting rights. CPI leader Brinda Karat stated that the commission must be rectified, insisting that the CEC either resign or be dismissed to protect the democratic process.

Subhashini Ali, representing the CPI(M), framed the ongoing conflict as a defense of constitutional rights, promising daily nationwide demonstrations until the government halts the revision program. While the Election Commission maintains that the SIR process is a standard administrative effort to ensure accurate voter rolls, opposition groups contend the exercise risks disenfranchising eligible citizens. The movement is now seeking broader support from civil society to increase public scrutiny of the commission's operational procedures.