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Mamata Banerjee Detained in Delhi Goes Live From Prison Van
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News18•11-10-2026, 01:49
Mamata Banerjee Detained in Delhi Goes Live From Prison Van
- •West Bengal's former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was detained alongside 5 MPs while participating in a protest called by CJP in Delhi.
- •Mamata went live from inside a prison van, alleging that they were abducted like a kidnapping and driven around for hours without formal arrest.
- •She sang songs like Protul Mukhopadhyay's composition alongside Dola Sen and Pratima Mondal from inside the vehicle.
- •Mamata announced that she will not return to Kolkata immediately and will stay back in Delhi to join the INDIA alliance protest march.
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Mamata Banerjee was detained in New Delhi while sitting on a sit-in protest near her residence after being stopped from proceeding to Jantar Mantar to join a demonstration called by the CJP.
While being detained inside a prison van, Mamata Banerjee went live on social media, criticized the detention as a kidnapping, and sang patriotic and traditional songs alongside fellow party leaders.
Following her detention and subsequent transfer to the Dwarka East police station, Mamata Banerjee announced that she would not return to Kolkata immediately and would instead participate in the INDIA bloc's protest march.
