Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Delhi Tightens Security Ahead of CJP Protest; Trains Cancelled
A group called CJP planned a protest in Delhi on Saturday.
It wants Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign and objects to a voter-list review process called SIR.
Police increased security and sources said some people with criminal records were detained before the protest.
The headline reported that 20,000 police personnel were deployed and more than 250 trains were cancelled.
CJP said some people travelling to the protest were stopped or detained in different states.
It also said some people were sent home or asked to sign promises of good behaviour.
The group said these actions and travel restrictions were unfair to people who wanted to protest.
CJP leaders called for detainees to be released and for protesters to be allowed to reach Delhi.
More than 250 trains were reported cancelled, and the headline said 20,000 police personnel were deployed ahead of the planned protest.
Delhi Police sources said 30 to 40 people with criminal records had been detained across the capital’s 15 districts as a preventive measure.
CJP leaders planned to arrive in Delhi on Saturday and lead a Jantar Mantar protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
CJP alleged that demonstrators travelling from several states were intercepted or detained, and that some were pressured to return home or sign good-behaviour bonds.
CJP said the cancellations and other reported restrictions infringed democratic rights; it called for detainees’ release and safe passage for protesters.
- Who
- CJP leaders and supporters planned the protest; Delhi Police increased security.
- What
- A planned demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, amid reported train cancellations and preventive detentions.
- When
- The protest was planned for Saturday; the article describes preparations reported on Friday and late that night.
- Where
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi, with reported detentions and interceptions in Delhi and other states.
- Why
- CJP said it was protesting the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls and seeking free and fair elections.
CJP and protest supporters
Police and security measures
Preventive detentions and travel restrictions
CJP and protest supporters
CJP alleged that people travelling to the protest were detained, sent home against their wishes, or pressured to sign good-behaviour bonds, and demanded their release and safe passage.
Police and security measures
Police sources described detentions of people with criminal records across Delhi as preventive measures taken ahead of the demonstration to maintain law and order.
Restrictions and democratic rights
CJP and protest supporters
CJP condemned reported train cancellations, metro station closures and temporary mobile internet suspension in parts of central Delhi, calling them an assault on democratic rights.
Police and security measures
The article reports tightened security arrangements ahead of the protest but does not provide an official response to CJP’s criticism.
Voter-roll revision and election oversight
CJP and protest supporters
CJP argued that the Special Intensive Revision could remove names from voter rolls without accountability and called for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, scrapping SIR, or a neutral appointment process for election commissioners.
Police and security measures
The article does not report a response from the Election Commission or Gyanesh Kumar to CJP’s demands.
- Planned protest
- Saturday at Jantar Mantar in Delhi
- Reported train cancellations
- More than 250, including local trains
- Police deployment
- The headline reported 20,000 police personnel deployed
- Preventive detentions
- Police sources said 30 to 40 people with criminal records were picked up across Delhi’s 15 districts
- Protest demand
- CJP demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
- CJP’s stated concern
- The organisation opposed the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls and sought free and fair polls
- Reported locations of interceptions
- CJP said travellers were intercepted from Pune, West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh; it also alleged an assault in Rajasthan