Delhi Police begin detaining Indian Youth Congress (IYC) protesters in front of Parliament Street Police Station.

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Traffic comes to a halt as some protesters sit on the road demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. 

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Members of SFI and DYFI protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar near Jantar Mantar.

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The march continues as police announce the imposition of Section 163 of the BNSS in the area.

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Police and RAF personnel record videos of the march from inside detention vehicles in New Delhi on Wednesday (October 14, 2026).

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Delhi Police has asked journalists and media representatives to not enter the crowd, asking them to maintain a “safe distance” from the protestors and police.

- Lavpreet Kaur

Actot Prakash Raj and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, along with youth organisations, will hold a press conference today, after an emergency consultation meeting of platforms demanding ‘No SIR’.

- Suruchi Kumari

At the press conference, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi said he asked the journalists present whether they believed Narendra Modi was “doing the right thing.” He said not a single journalist responded in the affirmative.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee strongly condemned the arrest of Ashutosh and Saurav of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), calling it an attempt to intimidate and silence an entire generation and urging citizens to unite in defence of the Constitution. She alleged that around 14,000 people in West Bengal were facing similar “police and political atrocities,” and said her support for young protesters was unconditional. ​

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Reacting to the arrest of Saurabh and Ashu, who were sent to five days of judicial custody after setting out for Jantar Mantar with the national flag, Abhijeet Dipke said in a post on X that waving the tricolour had effectively become unlawful under the Narendra Modi government. He accused the Prime Minister of hiding behind the police and challenged him to officially declare an Emergency rather than crack down on dissent through other means

Responding to a question on the series of protests in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta questioned the objections being raised against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

She said the exercise was not being conducted for the first time and had been carried out by the Election Commission on several occasions over the years, irrespective of which party was in power at the State or Centre.

The Supreme Court of India agreed to intervene for Delhi’s voters deleted from the electoral roll pursuant to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and are now effectively being asked by the Election Commission of India to misrepresent themselves as fresh applicants by filling out Form 6 to restore their names on the voter list.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant was informed by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Neha Rathi, appearing for petitioners Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri, that deleted voters seeking re-inclusion in the electoral roll are being compelled by the Election Commission (EC) to file a declaration that they had never voted before or face imprisonment.

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On INDIA Bloc’s protest, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says, “The movement will continue; Rahul Gandhi stated this yesterday while we were all gathered. This movement will not stop now... This struggle will persist until Gyanesh Kumar resigns.”

The All India Students’ Association (AISA), in a press release on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), condemned the arrests of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, calling it a “dangerous precedent” and alleging the Delhi Police was cracking down on protesters demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

AISA also criticised the de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site, alleged police brutality against women protesters, and demanded the immediate release of Mr. Das and Mr. Ranka. It accused the Delhi Police, acting “under Amit Shah’s directions,” of using the arrests to break the unity of a protest movement joining students, civil society and Opposition parties.

Rahul Gandhi said waving the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar in a peaceful protest is not a crime, and that jailing youth for it is “an act of cowardice.” He said students, youth, journalists and the INDIA bloc were “different banners, one cause,” all demanding their constitutional rights, and that “Jantar Mantar belongs to the people of India. We will reclaim it.”

on Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka’s arrest, CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said, “In a symbolic act of protest against the MHA order denotifying Jantar Mantar as a protest site, CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde had yesterday entered Jantar Mantar. They were detained and they have now been remanded to five days of judicial custody for ‘criminal trespassing’ and ‘disobedience of order’!”

“Jantar Mantar belongs to the people and the whole world knows it as Delhi’s most common protest site. The Mo-Sha regime is afraid of protests, disdainful towards the Constitution of India and still smarting under the pain of defeat inflicted by Jantar Mantar of June and July. Hence the denotification and now this ridiculous punishment. India shall not brook this arbitrary order,” he said.

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was imposing an “unofficial emergency” after two CJP leaders were sent to five-day judicial custody for allegedly trespassing into Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

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A Special Executive Magistrate has sent CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five-day judicial custody in a trespassing case on October 14, 2026. Ajinkya Shinde has been released on a personal bond.

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CJP leader Ajinjya Shinde, says, “You may know that Ashutosh, Saurav Das and I, along with volunteers from CJP, went to Jantar Mantar. We simply waved the Indian national flag and raised the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. For this, the dictatorial Modi-Shah government has sent Saurav and Ashutosh to jail for five days.

For decades, Jantar Mantar served as the epicentre of public demonstrations in New Delhi. On October 12, 2026, Delhi Police de-notified Jantar Mantar as an official protest venue under a standing order issued by Commissioner Anurag Kumar. Demonstrations have now been shifted to three alternative venues: Ramlila Ground, CBD Ground (East Delhi), and Burari Ground (North Delhi).

On Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, “You cannot become the voice of the nation merely by mobilizing the cadres of fourteen parties to gather a crowd of eight thousand within a span of one and a half kilometers. I urge the Congress party to realize that the voice of the nation also resides in the fields and farms, in the villages, in remote hills and forests, and along the riverbanks—areas where you have no reach.”

Ramlila Maidan, designated as one of the three new protest sites in the capital, has no free dates for the next two and a half months. Only December 29, 30 and 31 are open for booking, according to officials.

The 12-acre ground, which can accommodate 50,000 people, can now be booked only for the three dates towards the end of the years, officials in the know said.

“The booking rate for the ground is ₹50,000 per day, plus a ₹55,000 security deposit that is refundable. The initial outlay including taxes comes to ₹1.21 lakh for a day’s booking,” an official said.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi says the Congress has the utmost respect for the Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court and the judicial system, while asserting that political and public resistance will continue and ultimately triumph.

Delhi police confirmed that the two have been placed under ‘preventive arrest’ in connection with the FIR booked against them under sections of criminal trespass, bond violation and disobedience of orders, among others.

-Lavpreet Kaur

FIR filed against CJP members Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde in Connaught Place police station, haven’t received its copy till now, say lawyers of CJP.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde have been put under preventive arrest for allegedly entering the Jantar Mantar area without authorisation, officials said on Wednesday.

The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) legal head, Ratna Singh, alleged that Delhi Police arrested CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde on Wednesday (October 14, 2026).

In a post on X, Ms. Singh said, “Delhi Police arrests Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde at Parliament Street Police Station in today’s Jantar Mantar case.”

She added that the charges included “trespass, bond violation, obstruction of public official’s duty, etc.”​

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