Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M. A. Baby and senior leader Brinda Karat stood at the forefront of a demonstration outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, pressing for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and an end to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police personnel detained Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M. A. Baby outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as protesters demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Members of left wing organisations gathered outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Left wing organisation members assembled at the gates of the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, raising slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Left wing organisation members continued their demonstration outside the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, on 29 September 2026, targeting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to step down. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police personnel detained multiple members of left wing organisations outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process intensified. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police personnel held several left wing cadres near the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, amid a protest calling for the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
As the protest outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi grew on 29 September 2026, police detentions of left wing members mounted — all demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal and an end to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A Delhi Police officer detains a left wing organisation member outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as protesters demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police detained a left wing activist outside the Election Commission of India, New Delhi, on 29 September 2026, as the protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process continued through the day. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A left wing protester was detained by police outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, in scenes that unfolded as demonstrators pressed for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's exit and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Another left wing demonstrator was detained near the Election Commission of India headquarters in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, amid a sustained push by left organisations to force the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and halt the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police detained yet another left wing member outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as the protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process entered a new phase. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat joined left wing organisation members outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police detained Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M. A. Baby once more outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as the left bloc's protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process continued. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
In a fresh scene from the 29 September 2026 agitation, police personnel detained Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M. A. Baby outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi, where left groups demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's ouster and the end of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M. A. Baby stood alongside left wing organisation members outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, spearheading demands for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police personnel and left wing organisation members clashed outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as demonstrators demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and the withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process pushed against police cordons. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A left wing member was detained by police during a march to the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as the movement against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process drew large crowds. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Police detained another left wing activist outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, in a sustained wave of detentions as protesters continued to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and an end to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Detentions continued to pile up outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, as left wing members refused to stand down from their demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and the cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Left wing organisation members staged a protest outside the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on 29 September 2026, with twin demands: the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the complete withdrawal of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process from the electoral calendar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)