Civil society groups to protest against SIR on October 23

Civil groups protest against SIR

Assam civil groups protest Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Guwahati, alleging wrongful deletions and disenfranchisement; demand CEC resignation.

Civil society groups to protest against SIR on October 23

Left student unions, Tikait, Tushar Gandhi and actor Prakash Raj back ‘People against SIR’ Transfer of power via votes, not by lumpen elements, police counter

Assam must resist sir, defend voting rights, says Guwahati Citizens’ Forum

At a protest meeting organised by the Forum for Social Harmony, speakers criticise the Election Commission and demand a time-bound completion of the NRC; police prevent demonstrators from marching out of the Press Club

Assam citizens’ forum demands scrapping of SIR, completion of pending NRC process; police block protesters at Guwahati Press Club

Citizens in Guwahati on October 23, 2026, joined the nationwide protests against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding that the exercise be scrapped and Assam’s long-pending National Register of Citizens (NRC) process be completed within a stipulated timeframe. The protest, organised by the Forum for Social Harmony – Citizens’ Initiative…