Black flags were waved and slogans were raised by some people against the Election Commission on Sunday evening as Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who arrived on a three-day visit to West Bengal, was travelling by road from the Kolkata airport to his hotel.Ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Tapas Chatterjee, who led one such agitation at New Town here against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, claimed that the protests were participated in by people across the board. “Our Chief Minister is holding a sit-in in central Kolkata and we are protesting here against the Chief Election Commissioner, who is anti-democracy and anti-Constitution,” Chatterjee said as some people raised slogans against Kumar.Kumar arrived here for a full-bench meeting of the commission to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The top poll officials will interact with political parties, civil and police officials on Monday and Tuesday.Security personnel deployed in large numbers barricaded the protesters, preventing them from coming onto the road through which the CEC was travelling to his hotel from the airport.With tenures of Legislative Assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry set to end on different dates in May and June, elections are likely to be held in these states and UT in April. After the assessment in West Bengal, the commission would complete its tour of the other poll-bound states and UT.The special intensive revision of electoral rolls has already been completed in these four states and UT, with their respective final voters’ list published. The poll authority is now expected to announce the poll schedule soon.