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SUCI Condemns State-Sponsored Repression of Delhi Protest Against CEC
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News18•11-10-2026, 00:00
SUCI Condemns State-Sponsored Repression of Delhi Protest Against CEC
- •Leftist political outfit SUCI strongly condemned the state-sponsored repression of a democratic protest after Delhi Police detained over 7000 agitators.
- •Authorities imposed an unprecedented security clampdown and a virtual unannounced emergency across Delhi-NCR to thwart a planned mass mobilisation demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •SUCI(C) General Secretary Provash Ghosh alleged that the Centre unleashed a severe crackdown involving arrests, house arrests, false cases, threats, and raids on party offices.
- •Ghosh described the heavy security measures, including sealed borders and suspended long-distance trains, as an unprecedented attack on a democratic movement in Independent India.
- •He appealed to left-leaning groups, democratic organizations, and citizens to take to the streets against the fascist attack and form People's Struggle Committees.
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SUCI condemned what it called "state-sponsored repression" after Delhi Police detained over 7,000 agitators, sealed city borders, suspended long-distance trains, and clamped down heavily to thwart a planned mass protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Authorities imposed an unprecedented security clampdown and a virtual unannounced emergency across Delhi-NCR, which included sealing Delhi's borders, suspending long-distance trains, and arresting or placing protesters under house arrest.
The primary demand of the agitators was the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid growing concerns and opposition demands regarding the electoral process.
