Sat, 10 Oct, 2026, 07:19 am
Reported by The Hindu
On a hot afternoon, hundreds of students and youth activists started arriving at Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan to show solidarity with the protest in Delhi on Saturday (October 10, 2026) for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
As the police barricaded the road leading to Kranti Maidan, the designated protest site, people held a protest outside the ground. “Around 600 protesters were detained in Mumbai city,” said IPS officer Shailesh Balkawade.
#Watch | "We will continue our protest despite detention. We appeal to everyone to reach August Kranti Maidan this afternoon," said social activist Tushar Gandhi, who were allegedly detained by the Mumbai Police ahead of a protest in support of the anti-CEC protest in Delhi. Video: Special arrangement
The Mumbai protest was planned by Hum Bharat Ke Log, a civil group led by Mr. Gandhi, in solidarity with the stir by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and Left groups in Delhi.
Mr. Gandhi was taken to the D.N. Nagar Police Station in Mumbai’s Andheri West. “We will continue our protest despite detention.,” he said.
