Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Police Foil INDIA Bloc’s Chalo Raj Bhavan Protest
Opposition parties planned a protest in Vijayawada on Saturday.
They said many people’s names were being removed from voter lists and demanded the chief election commissioner resign.
Police stopped some leaders from leaving their homes and arrested others.
About 300 Congress and Left party members were taken to police stations.
Y S Sharmila tried to leave her home but police stopped her.
Some protesters gathered at Lenin Centre, where police later took opposition leaders into custody.
Left parties said the police action was undemocratic.
They called for more protests across the state on Sunday, October 11.
NTR district police prevented the INDIA bloc’s Chalo Raj Bhavan protest in Vijayawada on Saturday.
Several opposition leaders, including Y S Sharmila, were stopped from joining or continuing the protest.
Around 300 Left party and Congress leaders and activists were arrested and taken to police stations.
The parties demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged voter deletions during the Special Intensive Revision.
Left parties condemned the police action and called for statewide protests on Sunday, October 11.
- Who
- INDIA bloc, Congress and Left party leaders and activists; NTR district police.
- What
- Police prevented a protest, placed some leaders under house arrest and arrested around 300 Left party and Congress participants.
- When
- Saturday; the parties called for statewide protests on Sunday, October 11. The article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, including Lenin Centre and locations across NTR district.
- Why
- The parties were protesting alleged voter deletions and demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Opposition parties
Police
Protest and arrests
Opposition parties
Left parties condemned the arrests and alleged police used force and prevented opposition leaders from joining the protest.
Police
Police made preventive arrests, placed some leaders under house arrest and stopped the protest; the article does not give the police's account or reasoning.
Electoral roll revision
Opposition parties
The parties alleged the Special Intensive Revision was removing voters from electoral rolls, threatening voting rights and democracy, and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Police
The article does not report a response from the Chief Election Commissioner or another government representative to these allegations.
- Location
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- Protest
- INDIA bloc parties’ Chalo Raj Bhavan protest, also referred to as Chalo Lok Bhavan
- Police action
- Several leaders were placed under house arrest; hundreds of leaders and activists were preventively arrested.
- Reported arrests
- Around 300 Left party and Congress leaders and activists
- Main demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Stated reason
- The parties alleged voter names were being deleted from electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision.
- Further action
- Left parties called for statewide protests on Sunday, October 11.