Over 5,000 detained in Delhi amid anti-CEC protest

The police crackdown on public protests in Delhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has sparked a wave of demonstrations across Kochi. Following the news of the detention of senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders, including Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) general secretary M.A.

Baby, Brinda Karat, and Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, various protest marches were organized. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) also staged protests in the city, with personalities from the film industry participating in a joint protest by artists and students’ unions.

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