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CPI(M) Leaders Condemn Detentions After Delhi Election Commission Protest
CPI(M) leaders protested in Delhi over the Chief Election Commissioner and the SIR of electoral rolls.
Police detained some of the leaders during the protest.
Pinarayi Vijayan said the detentions were meant to stop people from speaking out.
He said voting rights and the Constitution needed to be protected.
P Rajeev said the protest would continue, even after the arrests.
Other CPI(M) leaders in Keralam also criticized the police action.
The party’s Keralam unit called for more protests.
The report does not include a response from Delhi Police or the government.
Delhi Police detained CPI(M) leaders during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR of electoral rolls.
Pinarayi Vijayan said the detentions and deployment of armed police and paramilitary forces were attempts to suppress protest.
Vijayan described the protest as a fight to protect the Constitution and voting rights.
P Rajeev said from a police vehicle that the protest to save democracy would continue despite the arrests.
CPI(M) leaders in Keralam condemned the police action, and the party’s Keralam unit called for protests.
- Who
- CPI(M) leaders, including Pinarayi Vijayan and P Rajeev, were detained by Delhi Police.
- What
- The leaders were detained during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR of electoral rolls; party leaders condemned the action.
- Where
- The protest and detentions took place in New Delhi; CPI(M) leaders in Keralam also responded.
- When
- October 26, according to the report dateline.
- Why
- The protest was against the Chief Election Commissioner and the SIR of electoral rolls; Vijayan said it sought to defend voting rights and the Constitution.
Key facts
- Protesting party
- Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M)
- Police action
- Delhi Police detained party leaders during the protest.
- Protest subject
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR of electoral rolls
- Pinarayi Vijayan’s allegation
- He accused the government of trying to suppress protests and undermine voting rights.
- P Rajeev’s statement
- He said the protest to save democracy would continue despite the arrests.
- Keralam response
- CPI(M) leaders condemned the police action, and the party’s Keralam unit called for protests.
Quotes
P Rajeev
CPI(M) leader detained during the protest
“All central leaders of CPI(M) took part in the protest. They have arrested and shifted us in a jail-like vehicle. We are travelling in a vehicle for the past one hour.”
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