Home Ministry apology clarification
AT A GLANCECPI(M)John Brittas said the Home Ministry had clarified that its unconditional apology was "just an eye wash" and that "that's not what they intended."
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FIR demand in alleged assault case
AT A GLANCEAAPSaurabh Bharadwaj of the Aam Aadmi Party asked how Delhi Police has been trained to physically assault peaceful protestors while keeping it away from media and cameras. Saurabh Bharadwaj says Delhi Police under the BJP should immediately register an FIR against ACP Vivek Bhagat.
CPI(M)John Brittas said he personally brought to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India the police assault he says he suffered in Delhi. CPI(M) said that AIDWA and other women's organizations jointly held a protest demonstration in front of Delhi Police Headquarters in New Delhi.
Delhi police detaining protesters in buses
AT A GLANCECPI(M)M. A. Baby said the Delhi Police has unleashed violence against protesters over the last couple of days, with personnel without name tags using brutal force and citizens being taken away in unmarked cars. M. A. Baby said this shows the callous disregard of the ruling dispensation.
INCThe Indian National Congress says peaceful protest is its constitutional right and says it will keep fighting for the country, the Constitution, and every citizen’s rights. Lavanya Ballal of the Indian National Congress asked legal experts to clarify whether the Delhi police can use buses to detain protesters for hours.
Delhi police detain hundreds near Jantar Mantar
AT A GLANCECPI(M)CPI(M) accused Delhi Police of unleashing violence against protesters over the last couple of days. CPI(M) also said police personnel without name tags used brutal force and that citizens were taken away in unmarked cars.
INCLavanya Ballal said that the Delhi police is worse than General Dyer. She said the police are stopping shopkeepers from selling water to the media and protestors at Jantar Mantar.
Call for Gyanesh Kumar's removal
AT A GLANCEAAPThe Aam Aadmi Party said that no matter how many times the BJP government arrests or sends Saurabh Bharadwaj or any Aam Aadmi Party worker to jail, "vote thief" Gyanesh Kumar must go. Atishi said that Delhi Police brutally took Arvind Kejriwal into custody for demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
BJPSanju Verma, for the Bharatiya Janata Party, said Rahul Gandhi and his supporters' protests have nothing to do with Gyanesh Kumar. Sanju Verma says Rahul Gandhi has no right to lecture the Modi Govt/BJP.
CPI(M)CPI(M) said that left student organisations, including SFI, occupied Dharmatala in Kolkata and demanded the ousting of Gyanesh Kumar, the revocation of SIR, and justice for the victims of police brutality in Delhi. CPI(M) posts that SFI General Secretary Srijan Bhattacharya said "The Betrayer Gyanesh Kumar Must GO!" while speaking from inside a police van after being detained by the Delhi Police.
Congress allegation over protest obstruction
AT A GLANCECPI(M)M. A. Baby said that by denotifying Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site, the Modi-Shah-Bhagawat trio cannot make protests invisible, and he said such moves further expose the BJP-led Union government's intolerance of dissent and contempt for the…
INCJairam Ramesh said that historic Jantar Mantar will no longer remain the place where India’s democracy received new strength every day, and he said this is a clear sign of how alarmed the PM-HM pair is. Supriya Shrinate said Narendra Modi remembered JP only after he "sealed Delhi," cancelled trains, suspended internet, barricaded Jantar Mantar, and detained and "mercilessly beat up" young protesters.
Jantar Mantar protest venue denotification
AT A GLANCECPI(M)John Brittas said a question in today's Keralam PSC exam referred to last July's protest at Jantar Mantar, and he said this appeared two days after the Central Government issued an order denotifying Jantar Mantar as a protest venue. He said the post was commenting on that timing, but the source text is truncated after "While the central government..."
Denial of Jantar Mantar protest site
AT A GLANCECPI(M)CPI(M) said its Polit Bureau condemns the denial of Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. CPI(M) took a position against that denial in the post.
India detains protesters over election chief resignation demand
AT A GLANCECPI(M)John Brittas said that Delhi and the country are now "Jantar Mantar" for his side, and he spoke to The Indian Express about what he described as the illegal detention by Delhi Police and the protests across Delhi demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. CPI(M) said that India bloc parties held a protest on 8 October at the Jaipur Collectorate.
INCAlok Sharma said that a meeting was held in Ranipur Assembly to prepare for the historic protest in Delhi. The Indian National Congress says the mistreatment of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi to protect "vote thief" Gyanesh Kumar is shameful.
Protest during Modi's Chennai visit
AT A GLANCECPI(M)CPI(M) said SFI and DYFI jointly held a protest demonstration and showed black flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chennai. CPI(M) said student and youth activists, including SFI Tamil Nadu President Mridhula, were detained by the police, and the post was truncated after saying SFI Tamil Nadu Secretary Samseer was…
Allegation Against Gyanesh Kumar
AT A GLANCECPI(M)John Brittas of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said that even if protesters are dragged through the streets, beaten, trampled, or choked to death, they will not step back and will continue the protest until they win what he called a fight to reclaim the democracy of their nation. CPI(M) leader and MP John Brittas said the party will not backtrack and will continue its agitation and protest until Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
INCThe Indian National Congress said that Gyanesh Kumar is a thief. The Indian National Congress also posted that opposition MPs were protesting at Parliament’s Makar Dwar.
Alleged voter exclusion in SIR
AT A GLANCECPI(M)CPI(M) said there are massive protest rallies across Tripura demanding the ouster of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and restoration of voting rights to all people it said were wrongfully excluded. CPI(M) asks whether the “mistakes” in SIR are instead a planned process to exclude voters.
INCThe Indian National Congress says Supreme Court-appointed tribunal judges have questioned the Election Commission’s portal in connection with SIR appeals in West Bengal. P.