CPI(M) decries detention of protesting leaders, says ‘an Emergency-like situation prevails in Delhi’
The CPI(M) has condemned the Delhi Police's detention of senior party leaders and the imposition of severe security restrictions in the capital. The party alleges that the government is suppressing democratic dissent to protect the Chief Election Commissioner amid accusations of electoral roll manipulation.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant escalation in political tension between the opposition and the central government regarding the integrity of the electoral process.
In the wake of the Delhi Police detaining several protesters, including senior CPI(M) leaders, as they planned to take out a march to Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Saturday (October 10, 2026) demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the CPI(M) Keralam State Secretariat strongly condemned the “fascist action of the Central Government in suppressing the protests”.
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