Delhi Police Deny Permission for October 10 Protest

Delhi Police denied permission for a planned October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, while authorities prepared security and transport restrictions across the capital. The supplied reports describe arrangements ahead of the demonstration, not its eventual attendance or outcome. The protest was called by the Cockroach Janta Party and student organisations, with support reported from farmers’ groups and the Aam Aadmi Party. Organisers said the demonstration would begin at 10 a.m. and focus on concerns about the Election Commission’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Police said permission had been denied because the application came at short notice and because of alleged violations during an earlier protest, as well as law-and-order and traffic concerns. An order authorised by the Union Home Secretary scheduled mobile internet suspension within a four-kilometre radius of the Janpath-Kartavya Path crossing, from 10 p.m. October 9 until 10 p.m. October 10. Metro entry and exit restrictions were reported at 57 stations, with interchange facilities to remain available except at New Delhi station.