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IN PHOTOS: Uddhav Thackeray demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal, jail over SIR row

Updated On: 23 September, 2026 03:26 PM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and party leader Aaditya Thackeray address a press conference on reports of differences within the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at Matoshree in Kala Nagar, Bandra, Mumbai, on Wednesday, September 23. (PICS/ SHADAB KHAN)

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Thackeray in his press conference demanded the removal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing reports of differences within the Election Commission. PICS/ SHADAB KHAN
Thackeray in his press conference demanded the removal and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing reports of differences within the Election Commission. PICS/ SHADAB KHAN
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Addressing a press conference at Matoshree in Mumbai, Thackeray also demanded that the results of the recent elections in Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu be annulled and fresh polls conducted using ballot papers
Addressing a press conference at Matoshree in Mumbai, Thackeray also demanded that the results of the recent elections in Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu be annulled and fresh polls conducted using ballot papers
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Thackeray thanked Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, who, according to an investigation by The Indian Express, formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders related to the SIR process
Thackeray thanked Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, who, according to an investigation by The Indian Express, formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders related to the SIR process
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The objections reportedly concerned issues including voter registration, deletion and restoration of names, and access to electoral-roll databases
The objections reportedly concerned issues including voter registration, deletion and restoration of names, and access to electoral-roll databases
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He also said the courts should take cognisance of the matter and called on Sandhu and Joshi to reverse what he described as "wrong decisions" taken by the poll panel
He also said the courts should take cognisance of the matter and called on Sandhu and Joshi to reverse what he described as "wrong decisions" taken by the poll panel
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The Election Commission has rejected suggestions of a split within the poll panel, saying major decisions, including those related to the SIR, were taken unanimously
The Election Commission has rejected suggestions of a split within the poll panel, saying major decisions, including those related to the SIR, were taken unanimously

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