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Hundreds form human chain in Hyderabad protesting Election Commission's SIR

Those gathered also condemned police action against demonstrators, particularly in Delhi Image: Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto/picture alliance

Hundreds of people formed a human chain in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, reports said, as the controversy over India's revision of voter rolls continues .

Various organizations, including India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after a newspaper investigation alleged impropriety during a large-scale voter-roll revision.

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) saw the deletion of more than 130 million names from draft electoral rolls nationwide.

Protesters alleged that SIR of electoral rolls could disenfranchise nearly half of Telangana's electorate Image: Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto/picture…