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2,000 Protesters Form Human Chain Against SIR in Hyderabad

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

2,000 people formed a human chain in Hyderabad demanding the scrapping of SIR and removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Hundreds of protesters were detained by police during a Delhi march organized by People Against SIR.
Economist Parakala Prabhakar joined the Hyderabad protest, citing 13.4 crore deleted voters nationwide and 73 lakh in Telangana.
A coalition of 24 groups organized Hyderabad chain and announced 145 organisations will protest in 88 cities by Nov 1.

History

Historical Context

In 2009 the Supreme Court of India in Mohd Ahmed v. Election Commission ordered removal of about 1.5 million duplicate voter records – 0.9 % of the 170 million electorate. That precedent underpins today’s Hyderabad protest, where Parakala Prabhakar and Gyanesh Kumar lead a 2,000-person human chain demanding scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision and restoration of purged voters, echoing the 2025 Supreme Court case by the Association for Democratic Reforms.

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Story summary

2,000 people formed a human chain in Hyderabad demanding the scrapping of SIR and removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Hundreds of protesters were detained by police during a Delhi march organized by People Against SIR.
Economist Parakala Prabhakar joined the Hyderabad protest, citing 13.4 crore deleted voters nationwide and 73 lakh in Telangana.
A coalition of 24 groups organized Hyderabad chain and announced 145 organisations will protest in 88 cities by Nov 1.

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