Over 700 held amid stir against CEC in Delhi

5 OCTOBER 2026

Protests seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the suspension of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entered their third day, with demonstrations continuing in New Delhi and Mumbai.
The protests, which began on October 2, included leaders of Opposition parties, civil society activists, and members of youth and student organisations.
On 4^th October, confrontations took place in New Delhi between protesters, who were trying to reach Jantar Mantar, and the Delhi Police, who had heavily barricaded the area.
The police stopped the march on Ashoka Road and detained nearly 700 people.
In Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray led a march seeking the CEC’s removal and the scrapping of the ongoing SIR drive.