What are you so scared of?: TMC targets PM Modi after Mamata Banerjee, MPs detained during protest
- On Saturday, Delhi Police detained opposition leaders including Former Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal, along with nearly 5,000 protesters across the capital to prevent a march to Jantar Mantar.
- The crackdown follows weeks of protests demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar; the Ministry of Home Affairs deployed around 23,000 Central Armed Police Forces personnel and closed 45 metro stations.
- Police also detained Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke from an aircraft shortly after arrival, alongside former Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar and CPM MP John Brittas taken to Chhatrasal Stadium.
- Kejriwal stated, "Prime Minister Modi's dictatorship will not prevail," while Mallikarjun Kharge vowed to fight the "tyrannical regime tooth and nail," as Banerjee announced a dharna at a Dwarka police station.
- Organizers termed the police restrictions intimidation by authorities, while the protest at Jantar Mantar was denied permission; Saket Gokhale posted "Death to democracy in India" on social media.
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