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Stalin terms Delhi police action against anti-CEC protesters an ‘undeclared emergency’

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M.K. Stalin. File
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DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday (October 10, 2026) said that the Union BJP government had detained former Chief Ministers Pinarayi Vijayan, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, and Manik Sarkar, along with CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby and leaders of various student organisations, who were fighting to protect the people’s right to vote, while Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who should be facing trial for “his act of treason”, was roaming freely with Z+ security.

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“What a disgrace,” he said in a social media post. “The conspiracy behind SIR [Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls] has been completely exposed. There is no hiding it anymore. Barricading Delhi, shutting down the internet and detaining political leaders cannot crush the uprising of India’s youth. How long can the Union government keep an entire nation under siege?” he said.

DMK chief slams TVK govt.

He further alleged that the TVK government in Tamil Nadu was meanwhile desperately trying to “please its Delhi masters” by detaining activists protesting against SIR and demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. “All those detained must be released immediately. Gyanesh Kumar must be sacked, SIR must be halted, and everyone responsible for betraying the people of India must be held accountable,” Mr. Stalin said.

In another tweet early on Saturday morning, he said the scenes unfolding in Delhi and the scale of repression being unleashed against peaceful protesters brought back painful memories of the Emergency that he lived through.

He strongly condemned the TVK government in Tamil Nadu for acting as an extension of the BJP and unleashing police repression against protesting students. The Union government must immediately end its assault on the youth who are peacefully exercising their democratic right to protest. “Dissent is not a crime, and democracy cannot survive by silencing those who rise to defend it,” he said.

The resignation of the CEC was non-negotiable. Beyond his resignation, all the damage done to the institutional framework of the Election Commission of India must be undone, and its independence and integrity must be restored, Mr. Stalin demanded.

Published – October 10, 2026 05:35 pm IST

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CEC row LIVE updates: INDIA bloc leaders likely to march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan today

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:41:00 +0000

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, along with INDIA bloc MPs at Rajghat as the Opposition steps protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, on October 8, 2026.
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The INDIA bloc will continue its protest on Friday (October 9, 2026) and is likely to march towards Rashtrapati Bhavan after assembling at Parliament House in the morning. Senior leaders, including Mamata Banerjee, may join the march, even though President Droupadi Murmu has not yet given an appointment. Following two days of face-offs with the Delhi Police, the Opposition leaders were allowed to hold a peaceful protest at Rajghat on Thursday (October 8, 2026) without being prevented from reaching there.

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Ahead of the October 10 protest in Delhi, several groups, including the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Thursday (October 8, 2026) alleged that protesters were being picked up from across the country. CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka said Deepak Baliyan, the organisation’s co-in-charge, had been detained in Rajasthan. He claimed that thousands of volunteers had been detained in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) also alleged that police personnel had been visiting activists’ homes and intimidating their families to prevent them from travelling to Delhi.

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In Delhi, the police has been holding meetings in colleges, universities, and PG accommodations to ask students and citizens not to join the protest. Officials said that joining the unsanctioned protest would disrupt law and order in the New Delhi area. Police officials visited local mosques and market places in Old Delhi and announced that Section 163 of BNSS is in place in the New Delhi area, requesting citizens to not participate in the protest.

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CEC row LIVE: CJP, Dhruv Rathee to participate in Bengaluru’s ‘People’s Tribunal’ against SIR; Rahul Gandhi says ‘won’t stop’ till Gyanesh Kumar resigns

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:25:00 +0000

Police have booked five Samajwadi Party workers and some unidentified people for allegedly protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, raising slogans, burning his effigy and blocking a road here, officials said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026).

Police alleged that the protesters raised slogans and made objectionable remarks against Kumar without permission from the competent authority. They also gathered on the main road, causing a traffic jam and inconvenience to commuters, schoolchildren, women, traders and motorists.

On October 6, information was received that SP workers were marching from under the Bholepur overbridge towards Ambedkar Tiraha, raising slogans against the CEC, police said.

– PTI

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