700 detained in Delhi protests against election chief
Delhi Police detained more than 700 protesters on Friday as they tried to reach Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.Among those detained were AAP leaders Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Sanjay Singh, activist Yogendra Yadav and RJD MP Manoj Jha. Police closed 11 metro stations and imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS. Drones watched the area.On Saturday, police registered three FIRs under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for disobeying public orders.
No individual or group has been named as accused.On Sunday, protests spread to Mumbai, where Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray led a march demanding Kumar’s resignation and scrapping of the roll revision. In Delhi, police detained demonstrators for a third straight day.The opposition plans a march to the Election Commission office on Monday. The protesters allege the revision has removed millions of eligible voters.
The Election Commission and the BJP deny the charge.
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