UPDATED: Oct 17, 2026 16:29 IST
Left-wing organisations, including RWPI and KYS, staged demonstrations along Raisina Road in Delhi demanding the removal of the Chief Election Commissioner over the Special Intensive Revision process. The agitation continued despite the denotification of Jantar Mantar as an official protest venue. Security arrangements were tightened across central Delhi, with Delhi Police and paramilitary forces setting up heavy barricades and anti-riot deployments to stop demonstrators from advancing. Several protesters were detained and moved to detention centres in waiting buses. Simultaneously, tensions erupted outside the Mandir Marg Police Station where Dipke was produced before a magistrate. A confrontation broke out after police restricted the number of advocates permitted entry to represent him, leading to scuffles as lawyers attempted to breach the barricades.
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