New Delhi: High drama in the National capital over protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar spilled into the evening.
Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several party leaders including KC Venugopal, Pawan Khera and Deepender Singh Hooda were detained again as police got down to clearing Akashvani Bhawan, where Opposition leaders were camping for hours.
This was the second time on Tuesday that Rahul, Priyanka and others were detained.
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi detained by Delhi Police. INDIA bloc MPs were staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. (Source: Congress) https://t.co/aoTWXiINaw
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#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi detained by Delhi Police. INDIA bloc MPs were staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. (Source: AICC) https://t.co/2kZy8klSrM
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi detained by Delhi Police. INDIA bloc MPs were staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. https://t.co/Uv7alTu8Q1
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra detained by Delhi Police. INDIA bloc MPs were staging a protest at Akashvani Bhavan against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. (Source: AICC) https://t.co/x7ZZS9m4Wg
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2026
In the morning, INDIA bloc leaders started their march from Parliament towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) office to demand the resignation of CEC Kumar.
They couldn’t get too far as police had set up dozens of barricades. Rahul and some other leaders tried to jump over the obstacles, but they were stopped. Rahul, Priyanka, Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien, NCP Pawar’s Sanjay Raut were among those detained to prevent them from moving towards ECI.
After they were released some time later, Rahul, Priyanka and other Congress leaders entered the Akashvani Bhawan during the afternoon, which is a stone’s throw from ECI.
They asked police to be allowed to go and meet the CEC, but were not given permission. Rahul, Priyanka then sat down near a tree.
Not in a mood to move away despite repeated pleas by police, the Congress leaders and some other INDIA bloc MPs were eventually taken into buses and detained around 8 pm.