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Curbs on Protests Spark India's Second Freedom Movement Says Dipankar Bhattacharya
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News18•16-10-2026, 20:00
Curbs on Protests Spark India's Second Freedom Movement Says Dipankar Bhattacharya
- •CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya termed restrictions on protests as India's second freedom movement.
- •Bhattacharya criticized authorities for alleged voter fraud and the clamping down on democratic rights to protest.
- •He condemned the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site and the detention of young activists waving the tricolour.
- •Opposition parties and activists have been protesting against alleged voter deletions during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- •Delhi Police has designated alternative protest sites at Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground, and CBD Ground after agitations paralyzed the New Delhi district.
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CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya described the curbs on protests and the struggle against alleged voter fraud as India's second freedom movement.
Delhi Police designated three new protest locations after a series of agitations left the administrative nerve centre of New Delhi paralyzed.
Delhi Police named Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground, and CBD Ground in East Delhi as the new designated spots for demonstrations.
