‘Throwing me around like a football': Saurabh Bhardwaj detained as AAP marches against CEC
Police detained more than a dozen AAP workers as protests over alleged voter-roll irregularities and the SIR exercise entered a third day.
- On Sunday, Delhi Police detained Aam Aadmi Party workers, including Delhi AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj, while marching to India Gate to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged electoral roll irregularities.
- Demonstrators cite allegations that the Election Commission mishandled the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with opposition parties reporting that Election Commissioners raised objections at least 14 times over ten months regarding electoral procedures.
- During Saturday's demonstration at Jantar Mantar, three women journalists accused police personnel of sexual harassment, alleging officers touched them inappropriately while they were reporting on the protests.
- Delhi Police transferred the journalists' complaints to the Crime Branch for a "fair and impartial enquiry," while activists outside Parliament Street Police Station demanded FIRs against an assistant commissioner of police .
- The INDIA bloc continues its nationwide campaign against the Election Commission, with coordinated protests scheduled for October 6 and a major rally in New Delhi on November 1 to maintain pressure on leadership.
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Saurabh Bharadwaj, Sanjeev Jha, Kuldeep Kumar & ASAP Volunteers Detained, Stopped To March Towards India Gate
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called out the BJP-controlled Delhi Police and revealed that its personnel detained and manhandled AAP leaders and student wing Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP) volunteers at India Gate during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The protesters had marched on foot from Jantar Mantar to India Gat
Jantar Mantar protest day 3: AAP, AISA leaders detained during stir seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation
Delhi AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged manhandling by Delhi Police. "They are picking me up and throwing me around like I am a football... There is such a large police force here, yet they are not even registering an FIR against their own ACP, nor are they arresting the ACP...," he told ANI.
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LatestlySaurabh Bhardwaj detained during India Gate protest march; Kejriwal slams police action
Delhi Police detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, including Delhi unit president Saurabh Bhardwaj, who were marching to India Gate to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demand his resignation on Sunday, days after he was detained at Jantar Mantar on Friday amid the opposition campaign against the CEC.
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