CEC protest updates: 45 metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended in central Delhi

Several youth groups are expected to launch a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The protest has been organised by the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign and student groups affiliated to the Left parties. The demonstrations are being supported by farmers’ organisations and the Aam Aadmi Party.

The demonstrations will begin at 10 am, the organisers have said.

The Delhi Police has denied permission for the protest. Ahead of the demonstration, the police imposing several restrictions to deter protesters from gathering in the national capital, in what the organisers described as intimidation by the authorities. The measures included detaining persons, cancelling trains, closing 45 metro stations and suspending mobile internet in central Delhi.

The protest come after several days of the Opposition INDIA bloc holding their own demonstrations in the national capital.

The demonstrations are being held in several parts of the country calling for Kumar to resign over concerns about the functioning of the Election Commission and its handling of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Here’s more on this and other updates:

CJP calls for peaceful protest

• Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said that he may be detained when he arrives in Delhi on Saturday morning.
• In a video posted on social media on Friday night, Dipke urged supporters to continue the protest peacefully...

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