Left Groups Protest CEC, SIR Exercise; Stopped Near Jantar Mantar

Left organisations, including KYS and RWPI, staged a protest at Delhi's Raisina Road near the Press Club, attempting to march towards Jantar Mantar. The demonstration targeted Chief Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar and opposed the SIR exercise along with the initial de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a protest venue. Delhi Police personnel and paramilitary forces in anti-riot gear set up two layers of barricades to halt the marching cadres holding placards. Demonstrators sat on the barricades and raised slogans against the CEC. Various left groups, including AISA, AISF, SFI, alongside JNUSU, IVH, and the Congress party, have continued ongoing agitations across the national capital for over a week despite the administration re-notifying Jantar Mantar as a protest site.