New Delhi: Amid countrywide protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of the Election Commission of India (ECI), reported LiveLaw.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government has presently unleashed a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters demanding the resignation of CEC Kumar over the SIR, which has disenfranchised more than 13 crore people in the country whose names have been deleted from electoral rolls.The petition has been filed through AoR S. Prasanna.The move comes after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant refused to meet with LoP Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge who wanted an audience with him over the opposition’s demand for the removal of CEC Kumar.Earlier on Monday (October 12), Gandhi led a massive a massive Opposition-led protest against the CEC and the Union government over the SIR.On Tuesday (October 13) the Supreme Court is set to hear similar matters pertaining to the SIR exercise and CJI Kant had earlier indicated that any petition filed by the opposition leaders could also be considered along with the pending matters, reported LiveLaw.For our full coverage on the SIR and the issues it has brought to citizens, click here.