Delhi Police Detain SFI Members and Lawyers Ahead of Planned CJP Protest

Aishe Ghosh, SFI national joint secretary and former JNUSU president, was detained at the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Gol Chakkar amid the protests called by the CJP and left student organisations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi on Saturday (October 10, 2026).

The CJP had called for a demonstration alleging voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and irregularities related to Form 6, used for voter registration, and demanded Mr. Kumar’s resignation.

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The Delhi Police denied permission for the protest at Jantar Mantar, citing security considerations and procedural requirements.

SFI National President Adarsh M. Saji told PTI that more than 400 members of the organisation were detained after they began their march around 10 am.

The protesters were detained around 11 a.m., he said.

“The protesters have been detained. We are here to save democracy. This is a fight between autocracy and democracy. This fight is not over. Gyanesh Kumar will be thrown out of his seat,” a protester was heard saying from inside a police bus after being detained.

The SFI-Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leadership planned to take out a rally from A.K. Gopalan Bhawan in Gole Market towards Jantar Mantar.

Heavy police deployment was seen outside the building as security arrangements were tightened ahead of the demonstration.

The CJP also claimed on Saturday that its leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police from inside an aircraft soon after their flight landed in the national capital.

On Friday night (October 9), the organisation said Delhi Police personnel visited HKS Surjeet Bhawan to search for protesters planning to participate in Saturday's demonstration.

The SFI Central Executive Committee office is located in the same building. SFI president Mr. Saji, DYFI president A.A. Rahim, CPI(M) Politburo members Arunkumar and Vijoo Krishnan, and other leaders were present there at the time, it said.