Delhi protest: Neha Bora, Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan among 150 detained

Around 150 protestors including AISA national president Neha Bora activist Yogendra Yadav and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan were detained on Saturday as they marched from Patel Chowk towards Jantar Mantar to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demand his resignation an official said AISA members said senior advocates Kapil Sibal Nitya Ramakrishnan Pallav Sisodia also joined BoraAISA members alleged that a male police officer manhandled Bora and that another Delhi Police officer abused her The allegations could not be independently verified immediatelyPrashant Bhushan in blue joined protests even after thousands were detained on Friday PICSPTIThe fresh mobilisation came after Bora called on activists to return to Jantar Mantar at 1 pm and continue their protest On Friday nearly 1000 protestors were detained as police and paramilitary personnel prevented large groups from reaching the protest site Many of those detained were subsequently released Saturday saw continued police deployment around Jantar MantarThe demonstration comes days after a national daily reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions and orders on the SIRThe EC has asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberations in any institution and that all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures3 FIRs filed but no one namedDelhi Police has registered at least three FIRs in connection with Fridayrsquos protests Nobody has been named as an accused though details of the organisers have been mentioned in their contents an officer saidTheyrsquoll remove my X account DipkeAfter West Bengal leader Mamata Banerjee extended her support to the CJP Abhijeet Dipke made a post on X saying ldquoThank you MamataOfficial marsquoamrdquoMamata BanerjeeTMC leader Derek OrsquoBrien shared the post which was subsequently restricted by X citing the reasons ldquoDue to local regulationsrdquo Dipke later shared OrsquoBrienrsquos post and said ldquoWonrsquot be surprised if the govt takes down my handle before Oct 10rdquoCJP to hold march in Delhi on Oct 10Abhijeet DipkeCockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke on Friday night announced a fresh protest at Delhirsquos Jantar Mantar on October 10 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar did not resign ldquocockroaches from across India will march to Delhirdquo he said in a post on X On Saturday morning he reiterated that the protest will be peaceful ldquoOurs will be a peaceful protest We will walk on the path shown by Mahatma Gandhirdquo he saidDissolve LS and state assemblies KhargeCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday demanded dissolving the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies saying that ldquoall the elections were illegalrdquo and that the Prime Minister Home Minister and Chief Ministers of all the states were ldquoillegalrdquo Calling for fresh polls conducted on ballot papers he alleged that the EVMs are being misused and said that ldquotheir own peoplerdquo are saying thisHe alleged that the ongoing SIR of the electoral roll has many irregularities and is undermining democracy pointing out that the government is making many mistakes in the process He told reporters that the opposition would continue to hold agitations across the country against the SIR exercise and alleged misuse of the electoral processThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever