Live: CEC Controversy Escalates as INDIA Bloc Plans March to Rashtrapati BhavanLive
9 Oct 2026, 8:30 am (1 hour ago)· 1

Live: CEC Controversy Escalates as INDIA Bloc Plans March to Rashtrapati Bhavan

Security has been significantly ramped up across the national capital as opposition parties intensify protests regarding the Chief Election Commissioner. Ahead of the planned October 10 demonstration, CJP and Left outfits claim their members are being rounded up, while Delhi Police have advised the public against joining the stir.

Security has been significantly ramped up across the national capital as opposition parties intensify protests regarding the Chief Election Commissioner. Ahead of the planned October 10 demonstration, CJP and Left outfits claim their members are being rounded up, while Delhi Police have advised the public against joining the stir.

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  1. CJP Leader 'Detained' By Rajasthan Police In Alwar, Let Off Following 100-km Ride

    The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has charged that personnel from the Rajasthan Police forcefully picked up its organisational co-in-charge Deepak Baliyan from his residence located in Alwar district late Thursday (October 8), mistreating him despite a fractured leg. Family members of Mr. Baliyan stated that officers showed up at his house claiming the local station house officer required his presence. After Mr. Baliyan started broadcasting the confrontation live over social media, the police team initially withdrew, according to his kin. The officers reportedly came back shortly after and pressured him into deleting the streamed footage. Upon his refusal, the police took him into custody, the household alleged. Party co-convener Ashutosh Ranka stated via a post on X that Mr. Baliyan was driven around for nearly 100 kilometres before being brought back to his residence. - PTI
  2. 7,000 CRPF Personnel Pulled From Bengal And Chhattisgarh Redeployed In Delhi

    At least 70 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), numbering around 7,000 personnel currently stationed across West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, are being shifted to Delhi for maintaining law and order ahead of the October 10 protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), as per official directives dated October 5 and 6. A total of 7,000 CRPF troops withdrawn from Chhattisgarh and Bengal are being stationed in Delhi prior to the CJP demonstration on October 10, with 1,500 personnel reassigned to the capital equipped with advanced anti-riot gear under stringent security arrangements.
  3. Amid Ongoing Demonstrations, CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Z+ Security Cover Bolstered

    Authorities have scaled up the protective blanket for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar following demonstrations by Opposition groups over alleged discrepancies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Extra personnel have been stationed outside his New Moti Bagh Colony residence in Delhi, around the Election Commission premises, and within his close protection detail. Security agencies have reinforced CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Z+ cover with augmented central force deployments across Delhi as protests escalate ahead of scheduled rallies.
  4. Delhi orders two-day closure of liquor vends starting October 9 over law and order concerns

    The Delhi government on Thursday (October 8, 2026) mandated that all retail liquor outlets across the capital remain shut on October 9 and 10, citing current conditions and the need to preserve public tranquility. According to a circular from the Excise Department, the suspension of liquor sales was implemented as a precautionary measure based on intelligence provided by the Delhi Police to maintain law and order. The directive coincides with escalating agitations by opposition parties pressing for Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's resignation amid allegations of "vote theft." Concurrently, the Cockroach Janta Party has called for a major demonstration at Jantar Mantar on October 10. - PTI
  5. Delhi residents face dilemma amid October 10 protest calls and strict police warnings

    With law enforcement officers reaching out to volunteers, organizing meetings with neighborhood residents, and deploying loudspeakers to warn that restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) are active around Jantar Mantar, citizens find themselves caught in a bind. At the same time, youth outfits are carrying out door-to-door outreach to rally individuals impacted by the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise. As a result, the public remains conflicted over whether to participate in the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's ouster and the halting of the SIR drive, balancing official warnings against activist mobilization of marginalized voters.

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