Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Maharashtra Congress Threatens Varsha Gherao Over Student Detentions
Tribal students came to Mumbai after a long march from Nashik.
They wanted to raise concerns about facilities at their schools.
Maharashtra Congress leaders said police took some students and student leaders from the party office.
They demanded that the students be released.
Harshvardhan Sapkal warned that Congress members might surround the chief minister’s home if they were not freed.
Other Congress leaders questioned why the office had been cordoned off.
They also said some students had to wait outside police stations.
A Congress delegation filed a complaint asking for action against police personnel.
The article does not include the police’s account.
Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal demanded the release of tribal students and NSUI leaders allegedly detained at the party’s Tilak Bhavan office in Mumbai.
Sapkal warned that Congress leaders and workers would surround Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s official residence, Varsha, if they were not released.
Sapkal said police entered the office at night without a warrant or legal basis; the article does not include a police response.
Congress leaders said students had come from Nashik after a long march and were protesting concerns including poor food and water at ashram schools.
Congress leaders alleged students were taken to police stations in Mumbai and Thane; a party delegation submitted a complaint at Dadar police station.
- Who
- Maharashtra Congress leaders, tribal students, and NSUI leaders; Sapkal named Sagar Salunkhe and Pradyumna Yadav among those whose release he sought.
- What
- Congress demanded the release of students and NSUI leaders it said had been detained, and threatened a gherao of Varsha.
- When
- October 5, 2026.
- Where
- Tilak Bhavan in Mumbai, with students reportedly taken to police stations in Mumbai and towards Thane.
- Why
- Congress said the students were peacefully raising tribal welfare concerns, including inadequate food and water at ashram schools.
- Date
- October 5, 2026
- Congress president
- Harshvardhan Sapkal, Maharashtra Congress president
- Party office
- Tilak Bhavan, Mumbai
- Residence named
- Varsha, the official residence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
- NSUI leaders named
- Maharashtra NSUI president Sagar Salunkhe and Mumbai NSUI president Pradyumna Yadav
- Student concerns
- Congress leaders cited inadequate food and water in ashram schools
- Police account
- No police response is included in the article