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Mamata Banerjee Slams Delhi Police Detention as Kidnapping
- •Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee was detained alongside party leaders in Delhi while protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
- •Banerjee described the police action as being similar to kidnapping and stated that the situation in Delhi has gone beyond an Emergency to a Super Emergency.
- •The TMC leaders were allegedly driven around for nearly two hours in a prison van without being told their destination before being taken to Dwarka North police station.
- •Following a request from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Banerjee cancelled her flight to Kolkata and decided to stay in Delhi to join the INDIA bloc protest on Monday.
- •Other opposition figures, including former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, were also reportedly detained while attempting to participate in the peaceful demonstrations.
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Mamata Banerjee was detained while staging a peaceful sit-in protest on South Avenue after being blocked from marching to Jantar Mantar to join a demonstration organized by the Cockroach Janta Party. The protesters were demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions.
Following the detentions, the INDIA bloc planned a protest march towards the Supreme Court on Monday against the Special Intensive Revision exercise, which opposition parties claim threatens eligible voters' rights. Mamata Banerjee also decided to extend her stay in Delhi to participate in these planned opposition demonstrations.
Alongside Mamata Banerjee, several Trinamool Congress leaders including Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Samirul Islam, Pratima Mondal, and Saket Gokhale were detained. Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal was also detained outside his Lodhi Estate residence while attempting to join the protest.
