In this week's South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Anisha Sheth are joined by activist Shivasundar to discuss the nationwide protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal.
In the second part of the discussion, they are joined by lawyer and legal scholar Alok Prasanna, co-founder of the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, who talks about the legal immunity enjoyed by the CEC.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:42 - Headlines
00:08:12 - SIR protests
00:27:19 - Can Election Commissioners be prosecuted?
00:56:55 - Recommendations
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