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Protesters Detained at Jantar Mantar Demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Arrest
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News18•25-09-2026, 19:30
Protesters Detained at Jantar Mantar Demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Arrest
- •Delhi Police detained protesters at Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
- •Organizers, including the All India Students’ Association (AISA) Delhi unit and civil society members, stated that CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, activist Yogendra Yadav, and AISA president Neha were among those detained.
- •Police confirmed that no permission was sought or obtained for the demonstration, leading to the removal of the protesters.
- •Neha, in a video message from Kanjhawala police station, vowed that protests would continue until Kumar is jailed, the SIR is halted, and deleted voter rights are restored.
- •The protest follows a report by The Indian Express on objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi regarding the poll panel’s functioning and electoral-roll revision.
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Protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the electoral process and the Special Intensive Revision exercise, following a media report regarding internal objections on poll panel decisions.
The demonstration was organized by the All India Students’ Association Delhi unit alongside civil society members, with backing from the CPI(ML) Liberation.
The controversy and subsequent protests followed a media report revealing that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had recorded objections on multiple occasions regarding electoral rolls and the poll panel's functioning.
