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Peek TV | October 09, 2026
SIR, You Need To Go: The Big Poll Showdown
The Fact: Opposition parties protested for a third consecutive day on Thursday, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Rahul Gandhi said the Opposition is “not being allowed to protest” and alleged that protestors had been beaten. Delhi Police reportedly registered multiple FIRs against the Gandhis, alleging assault on police personnel and obstruction of government work. This follows an earlier FIR over their alleged unauthorised entry into Akashvani Bhawan. In Bengaluru, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protested at Freedom Park with Youtuber and activist Dhruv Rathee and actor Prakash Raj participating, while Congress and RJD supporters marched in Telangana and Bihar.
The Context: Amid the stir, a 10-member Opposition delegation is scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu on October 9 to press for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. The CJP and student groups have planned a Jantar Mantar protest on October 10, though Delhi Police has denied permission. The Union Home Ministry has made around 23,000 central forces personnel available to Delhi Police for security arrangements in the capital. In Bengaluru, a “chappal protest” was held in solidarity with the women journalists who accused a Delhi Police officer of sexual harassment. Constitutionally, a CEC can be removed only in the way a Supreme Court judge is, through a special majority in Parliament, so the resignation demand is political rather than procedural.
The Peek Insight: What began as a newspaper report on dissent within the Election Commission has now spilled onto the streets across several states. The EC defended the process, but Gyanesh Kumar is yet to speak. Meanwhile, the state’s response has been detentions, FIRs and barricades rather than answers. The collusion allegations remain unproven, and only a transparent, independent inquiry can settle them. If two serving Election Commissioners objected on record, the public deserves more than a procedural defence. People deserve to know what happened and why.
