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What are you so scared of?: TMC targets PM Modi after Mamata Banerjee, MPs detained during protest
Police detained opposition leaders as nearly 5,000 protesters were held across the capital during a campaign against alleged voter-roll irregularities, officials said.
- Delhi Police detained former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, effectively blocking a Cockroach Janta Party-led protest at Jantar Mantar demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
- Demonstrators gathered to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging widespread irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls affecting voter eligibility across multiple states.
- To maintain order, authorities imposed Section 163 across Central Delhi, deploying around 23,000 Central Armed Police Forces personnel and ordering the closure of 46 metro stations to restrict movement.
- Banerjee and Kejriwal condemned the detentions as a 'Super Emergency' and a 'dark day for democracy,' accusing the government of curbing constitutional rights to dissent through unlawful detention.
- Escalating tensions have built since October 6, when INDIA bloc MPs attempted to march toward the Election Commission, signaling a deepening standoff over the government's authority to regulate dissent.
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‘What are you so scared of?’ Opposition reacts as 3 former CMs get detained in Delhi
Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar led to around 1,000 detentions in Delhi. Former chief ministers Pinarayi Vijayan, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee were detained.
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