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AISA Activists Detained Again at Jantar Mantar Protesting Election Commissioner
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News18•03-10-2026, 16:30
AISA Activists Detained Again at Jantar Mantar Protesting Election Commissioner
- •Around 150 protesters, including AISA national president Neha Bora, activist Yogendra Yadav, and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, were detained while marching towards Jantar Mantar.
- •The protest demands the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and raises concerns over the revision of electoral rolls (SIR).
- •Police deployed heavy security and barricades, detaining protesters as they gathered near the site; AISA alleged manhandling and abuse of Bora by officers.
- •This fresh mobilization follows Friday's protest where nearly 1,000 were detained, with Delhi Police registering three FIRs for alleged disobedience of prohibitory orders.
- •The demonstration comes after reports of two Election Commissioners objecting to SIR decisions made without their knowledge, a claim the EC asserts is part of normal deliberations.
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Protesters marched from Patel Chowk toward Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Delhi Police registered at least three FIRs under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for violating prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS, which ban unauthorized gatherings of five or more people and demonstrations.
The Election Commission asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of its institutional deliberations and maintained that all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures.
