Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Aaditya Thackeray Slams Centre Over Detentions at Delhi Protest
A group called the CJP planned a protest in Delhi about concerns over voter lists.
Police detained many people during the protest crackdown.
Among those detained were CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.
Dipke and two other CJP leaders were taken into custody when their flight from Mumbai landed.
Aaditya Thackeray criticized the government’s actions on X. He said the government was acting like it was an Emergency but would not call it one.
The dispute involved allegations about voter-list changes and voter registration.
Aaditya Thackeray criticized the Centre after police detained protesters during an agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi.
Thackeray wrote on X that the regime lacked “the guts to call this an Emergency.”
Police detained CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters, according to the report.
Dipke and CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after their Mumbai flight landed in Delhi.
The CJP demonstration concerned alleged voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision and changes to Form 6.
- Who
- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray criticized the Centre; police detained CJP leaders, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and other protesters.
- What
- Police detained protesters during an agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and Thackeray condemned the crackdown.
- When
- Saturday; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- Delhi, India; some CJP leaders were detained as their flight from Mumbai landed in Delhi.
- Why
- The proposed demonstration concerned allegations of voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision and changes to Form 6.
Criticism of the crackdown
Government response
Detention of protesters
Criticism of the crackdown
Aaditya Thackeray condemned the detentions and described the situation as resembling an Emergency.
Government response
The article reports police detentions but provides no response from the Centre or police.
Reason for protest
Criticism of the crackdown
The CJP said its proposed demonstration addressed allegations of voter-list manipulation and changes to Form 6.
Government response
The article gives no response from the Chief Election Commissioner or authorities to these allegations.
- Protest focus
- Allegations of voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and changes relating to Form 6.
- Police action
- Nearly 500 protesters were detained, according to the article.
- Named detainees
- CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee were among those detained.
- Airport detentions
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after their flight from Mumbai landed in Delhi.
- Thackeray's response
- He posted on X that the regime lacked “the guts to call this an Emergency.”
- Official targeted by agitation
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar