The Delhi Police on Friday detained several protesters as they attempted to march towards the Election Commission headquarters to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over his handling of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The march was called by the Delhi Coordination Committee of People Against SIR – a civil society group consisting of students, farmers and rights activists.
They were joined by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat, members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association and the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation.
Police detain protestors who had gathered in central Delhi, demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
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Several other protestors climbed atop buses to stop them from driving away. @priyali_dhingra reports pic.twitter.com/69YltXLCgi
The demonstration began near Gole Dak Khana in central Delhi, with the protesters shouting slogans against Kumar and calling for a halt to the voter roll revision.
Ahead of the march, a large number of personnel from the Delhi Police and the Rapid Action Force were deployed in central Delhi, reported The Hindu.
When the security personnel stopped the protesters at Ashok Road, they sat down and held a “People’s Parliament”, according to the newspaper. The police then asked them to vacate the area.
Delhi Police stopped a march under the banner of ‘People Against...