RS MPs among 100+ detained in Connaught Place during protest
Over 100 protesters, including two Rajya Sabha MPs, were detained by police in New Delhi during a demonstration against the Election Commission of India. Activists alleged police brutality and mistreatment during the detention process.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing tensions regarding electoral integrity and the right to protest in India's political climate.
NEW DELHI: At noon Sunday, an unfamiliar lull over Connaught Place was broken by slogans of student activists marching from gate number one of Rajiv Chowk metro station towards Janpath. The protesters, members of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and other Left student outfits, demanded the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged manipulation of voter rolls.The march, the slogans and the subsequent crackdown by security personnel ended in over a hundred people being detained and taken away from the site. The detainees included CPM Rajya Sabha MPs John Brittas and A A Rahim from Kerala.Brittas had been addressing the press when he was picked up and shoved into a bus.
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