Security personnel in the national capital placed Ashoka Road and surrounding central corridors under intense vehicular and pedestrian barricades on October 5, 2026, detaining approximately five hundred demonstrators on the third consecutive day of protests calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The demonstrations, organized jointly by youth wings of several opposition parties, saw marchers attempting to breach multi-layered police perimeters leading toward the Nirvachan Sadan headquarters.
Simultaneously in Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray joined forces to spearhead a massive protest march originating from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus area. Addressing thousands of chanting party cadres, both leaders alleged that the Election Commission had systematically compromised institutional neutrality through recent voter roll revisions and arbitrary procedural alterations.
Delhi Police officials confirmed that preventive detentions were executed under Section 144 orders prohibiting unauthorized gatherings within sensitive diplomatic and administrative districts. Detained participants were transported to designated temporary holding centers in outer Delhi before being released late in the evening, as alliance organizers vowed to escalate demonstrations nationwide.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/morning-digest-october-5-2026/article71544693.ece