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Bengaluru Student Protesters Detained en Route to Election Commission
Student groups gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Saturday.
They wanted to march to the Election Commission office.
They were protesting what they said were problems with a review of voter lists.
They also called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Police had put up barricades and many officers were at the park.
The protesters were detained when they tried to get past the barricades, according to the report.
AISA Karnataka said the detentions were wrong and harmed people’s right to protest.
It called for those detained to be released and for the protest to be allowed to continue peacefully.
Student organisation members were detained Saturday after attempting to march from Freedom Park toward the Election Commission office in Bengaluru.
They were protesting alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Organisers said AISA, SFI, AIDSO and AISF jointly organised the demonstration.
Police deployed hundreds of personnel and barricaded roads to prevent the march, according to the report.
AISA Karnataka condemned the detentions as unlawful suppression of the right to protest and called for detainees’ release and removal of barricades.
- Who
- Members of student organisations, including AISA, SFI, AIDSO and AISF, were detained.
- What
- They attempted to march to the Election Commission office to oppose alleged SIR irregularities and demand Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Where
- Freedom Park and the route toward the Election Commission office in Bengaluru.
- When
- Saturday; no date is specified.
- Why
- The student groups were protesting alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
AISA Karnataka
Police and government response
Detentions and protest rights
AISA Karnataka
AISA Karnataka said the detentions raised concerns about their legality and amounted to suppression of the democratic right to protest.
Police and government response
The article reports that police deployed personnel and barricades to stop protesters reaching the Election Commission office, but does not provide a police or government explanation for the detentions.
Key facts
- Protest location
- Freedom Park, Bengaluru
- Destination
- Election Commission office, a few hundred metres from the protest site
- Main demand
- Scrap the SIR process and seek Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
- Organising groups
- AISA, SFI, AIDSO and AISF, according to organisers
- Police presence
- Hundreds of personnel were deployed and roads were barricaded, according to the report
- Response
- AISA Karnataka condemned the detentions and called for detainees’ release and barricades to be removed
Sources
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