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TMC Slams Mamata's Detention as Death of Democracy, BJP Hits Back
- •Mamata Banerjee and four other leaders were detained by Delhi Police during a protest outside her residence.
- •TMC leaders including Mahua Moitra, Kunal Ghosh, and Derek O'Brien strongly condemned the detention, calling it the death of democracy.
- •The protests were organized against the Election Commission regarding the Special Intensive Revision or SIR process.
- •BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra dismissed the protests as a flop show by anarchist forces.
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Mamata Banerjee was detained by Delhi Police and CRPF from outside her South Avenue residence while sitting on a protest. The demonstration was part of a wider protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the electoral roll revision process.
Alongside Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Police detained a total of five Trinamool Congress leaders near the South Avenue bus stand. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal was also detained during the capital protests, while several CJP organizers including Abhijeet Dipke were intercepted and detained at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Trinamool Congress leaders strongly condemned the detentions, calling it a "death of democracy" and a return of the Emergency. Conversely, BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra dismissed the demonstrations as a "flop show" by anarchist forces, asserting that democracy ultimately triumphed over mobocracy in the capital.
