Archive · 8 Oct 2026
KPCC Plans Democracy Protection Meetings Across Kerala
The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee plans to hold meetings across Kerala on Friday.
The meetings are about protecting democracy.
The party says its leaders were treated by police while protesting in Delhi.
They were protesting changes to electoral rolls, which are lists of voters.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among about 90 people detained on Wednesday.
Police stopped the group from going toward Jantar Mantar.
Officials said Rahul and Priyanka were taken to different police stations and released a little after 8 p.m.
The meetings will be led by local Congress committees.
The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee will hold democracy protection meetings at all district headquarters on Friday.
The meetings will be led by the respective District Congress Committees, according to a party statement.
The party says its leaders faced police action while protesting in Delhi against electoral-roll revision.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among around 90 people detained on Wednesday after they were stopped from proceeding toward Jantar Mantar.
The two leaders were taken to different police stations and released a little after 8 p.m., officials said.
- Who
- The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and its district committees; Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were among those detained in Delhi.
- What
- The KPCC will hold democracy protection meetings at district headquarters following police action against leaders protesting electoral-roll revision.
- When
- The meetings are planned for Friday. The detentions occurred on Wednesday; the article also says protests took place on October 6 and 7.
- Where
- The meetings will be held at district headquarters across Kerala; the detentions occurred in Delhi near the route to Jantar Mantar.
- Why
- The KPCC says the meetings are in response to the detention of its leaders during protests against the revision of electoral rolls.
- Organizer
- Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)
- Meeting locations
- All district headquarters in Kerala
- Meeting day
- Friday
- Local leadership
- Respective District Congress Committees
- Detained group
- Around 90 people, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
- Protest issue
- Revision of electoral rolls, described as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
- Release
- Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were released a little after 8 p.m., officials said