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Mamata Banerjee Detained in Delhi Amid Jantar Mantar Protest Row
Police detained more than 40,000 personnel and thousands of protesters as opposition leaders demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over electoral-roll revisions.
- 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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TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday attacked the BJP over the detention of former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and other TMC leaders, declaring that with the arrest of Gyanesh Kumar, no one, not even the most powerful leaders of the BJP, will escape the consequences of their actions, asserting that everyone will end up behind bars.
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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.
·New Delhi, India
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