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INDIA bloc to hold Bengaluru rally on November 5 against SIR

Bengaluru, Nov 3 (UNI) The INDIA bloc parties in Karnataka will hold a massive protest rally at Freedom Park here on November 5 against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president BK Hariprasad said on Tuesday.
Addressing a joint press conference at the KPCC office, Hariprasad said the Bengaluru rally would be part of the INDIA bloc's nationwide campaign against the SIR exercise and the functioning of the Election Commission.
He said the November 5 protest would follow the November 1 demonstration organised by the opposition alliance at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. The INDIA bloc leaders had decided to extend the agitation to taluk and block levels across the country to mobilise public opinion against the exercise.
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