Left parties say police turned Delhi into ‘war zone’; MP Brittas hospitalised after being detained
Left-wing political parties in India have condemned police actions against protesters in Delhi, citing the detention and injury of MP John Brittas. The incident has sparked accusations of state repression and threats to democratic rights.
Why it matters
It underscores escalating tensions between opposition political groups and the state regarding civil liberties and protest rights.
Left parties condemned the continued police action against protesters in Delhi on Sunday (October 11, 2026), which saw Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) get injured as police detained and forcibly dragged him to a detention van while he was speaking to the media.
Mr. Brittas was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he was visited by CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby.
“The police have turned Delhi into a war zone,” Mr. Baby said, adding that scores of activists from the party’s student wing, the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), including its president Adarm M. Saji and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Jaick C. Thomas, were assaulted inside police vehicles. “They have turned police vans into torture camps. Women are being cruelly attacked and detained for hours inside mobile jails,” Mr. Baby said.
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