This article provides details about the mass detention of opposition leaders, activists, and protesters during a demonstration in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The event also garnered support from other cities like Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru.
On Saturday, the Delhi Police detained leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign, members of opposition parties, and hundreds of protesters ahead of a demonstration in Delhi. The protest was called by the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign and student groups affiliated with the Left parties, supported by farmers’ organisations and the Aam Aadmi Party.
By the end of the day, nearly 7,000 protesters were detained, including former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, ex-West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Protests were also held in Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru in solidarity with the demonstration in Delhi.
Former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, along with Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders MA Baby, Brinda Karat, and Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas were among those detained. Leaders of the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, including the former chief minister herself, Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien and Saket Gokhale, were also detained.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia and workers of the party’s Punjab unit were detained after they protested in Delhi.
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