The Mumbai Youth Congress accused the city police of using force against its women workers during a road blockade protest here to denounce the detention of party leader Rahul Gandhi by Delhi Police.

Mumbai Youth Congress president Zeenat Shabrin alleged that some women workers were pulled by their hair and taken away in police vans during their agitation held on Tuesday (October 6) night.

The road blockade was staged at the Bandra Reclamation around 11 p.m. to denounce the detention of Rahul Gandhi along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra following their over eight-hour sit-in for not being allowed to march towards the Election Commission’s office in the national capital on Tuesday (October 6).

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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and student organisations on Wednesday (October 7) called for a united mobilisation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar ahead of their October 10 protest, saying the agitation will continue until the electoral system is overhauled.

Wednesday’s press conference brought together the CJP, the All India Students’ Association (AISA), the All India Students’ Federation (AISF) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI). The Aam Aadmi Party’s student wing, Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP), also participated.

CJP co-convener Saurav Das urged people across the country to travel to Delhi and to come prepared for a prolonged agitation.

“This fight is not going to be easy. I appeal to everyone across the country to join us, book train and flight tickets,” he said.

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The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory in view of the proposed protest at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in the national capital on October 7, 2026. The demonstration is being held by parties comprising of the INDIA bloc.

Aam Aadmi Party workers staging protest for the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar outside Chief Electoral Officer Delhi Office at Kashmiri Gate in New Delhi. 

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Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das slammed the concept of having to take permission from the government to protest against the government. 

Calling it a ‘strange concept’, Mr. Das reiterated the citizens’ right to protest peacefully. 

“We have a right to protest peacefully. We have designated sites to protest. We will exercise that right, no matter what,” Mr. Das told mediapersons. 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 7) agreed to examine a plea seeking recall of its recent split verdict on whether challenges to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners should be referred to a larger Constitution Bench.

On Wednesday, a Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana was told about the recall application by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan.

“We will examine and take a call,” the CJI said.

Mr. Sankaranarayanan told the Bench that the recall application had earlier been mentioned before a Bench headed by Justice Datta, but the matter had subsequently been released from that bench and he was asked to mention it before the CJI.

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“We will not stop with the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. We will also ensure that people who take illegal decisions are arrested and prosecuted,” says CJP Co-convenor Saurav Das.

“We will not stop till SIR is rolled back, the voter rolls are restored to January 2025 and law to appoint the Election Commissioners is reformed.”

CJP co-convenor Saurav Das after submitting notice for October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar says, “CJP and all the youth of the country, meaning all the comrades, are going to reach Jantar Mantar on October 10. We have formally informed the Delhi Police and requested them to cooperate with us while maintaining the law and order situation.”

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The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures.

Crores of genuine voters have lost their Constitutional right to vote through the atrocious process of SIR - “Shahenshah Instigated Removal”, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said. 

And when the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha adopts the method of satyagraha to highlight the injustices of SIR, the Delhi Police registers an FIR against him and other leaders, he said.

“The diabolical duo is nervous, rattled and desperate. The writing on the wall is clear,” Mr. Ramesh said.

Former IAS officer Shailaja Chandra said, “What troubles me most is the damage already done. The ECI once carried enormous credibility, including abroad. So did India for conducting elections on an extraordinary scale with an Election Commission trusted to be independent.”

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi being detained amid anti-CEC protest on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), BJP national spokesperson C. R. Kesavan in a video message said, “Rahul Gandhi’s dubious drama, trying to play the victim card by vilifying our constitutional institutions has absolutely no takers on the citizens and voters. Instead of speaking and behaving like a responsible Leader of Opposition, his misconduct resembles anti-national elements and forces whose malicious intent is to undermine and sabotage India’s democracy...”

Delhi Police have registered an FIR against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several others over alleged forcible entry into the Akashvani Bhavan premises during an INDIA bloc protest on October 6, 2026.

A day after INDIA bloc MPs’ march and Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will host a lunch for the MPs of the alliance at 1:30 PM at Sagar Ratna, Janpath, sources said.

The lunch meeting comes a day after Rahul Gandhi took the centre stage of the opposition’s street protest, forcing a total lockdown of Parliament Street as he led an over eight-hour sit-in that ended with his forcible detention after opposition MPs were stopped from marching towards the Election Commission’s office nearby.

The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and others were released after 10 pm after about two hours in detention.

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It looked as though the protests were winding down around noon on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), as buses packed with protesting parliamentarians trundled away from Akashvani Bhawan in the national capital after nearly two hours of sloganeering.

Only Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had another idea.

“This can’t end here,” Mr. Gandhi told his colleagues.

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Security was stepped up outside the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) ahead of the planned arrival of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Saurav Das, who is scheduled to submit an ‘intimation letter’ to the Delhi Police regarding the organisation’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10.

The CJP’s October 10 protest is aimed at pressing for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the revocation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

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“We were detained multiple times and brutal force was used by not only the Delhi Police, but also central forces. But what happened yesterday on Parliament Street was historic. The march by the MPs will resonate in every corner of this country. We have decided that this is just the beginning...,” said CPI(M) MP John Brittas on INDIA bloc MPs’ march.

Barricades have been placed on Parliament Street near Akashvani Bhavan following the INDIA bloc’s protest against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Traffic movement in the area remains normal.