{"id":28579,"date":"2026-09-25T09:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28579"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:56:34","slug":"sir-row-jantar-mantar-entrance-barricaded-ahead-of-protests-gaurav-gogoi-others-detained-in-assam-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28579","title":{"rendered":"SIR row: Jantar Mantar entrance barricaded ahead of protests; Gaurav Gogoi, others detained in Assam | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134481006,imgsize-126936,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/iyc-protest-delhi.jpg\" alt=\"SIR row: Jantar Mantar entrance barricaded ahead of protests; Gaurav Gogoi, others detained in Assam\" title=\"The closure came as Congress-led protests against Kumar were held across several states. In Assam, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior party leaders were detained, police said.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The closure came as Congress-led protests against Kumar were held across several states. In Assam, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior party leaders were detained, police said.\">The closure came as Congress-led protests against Kumar were held across several states. In Assam, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior party leaders were detained, police said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Jantar Mantar in Delhi was heavily barricaded on Friday following nationwide protests demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Visuals from the protest site showed multiple layers of barricades, forming a clear cordon around Jantar Mantar. <!-- -->Buses have been used to block the entrances and there is heavy police deployment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The Indian Youth Congress was scheduled to march from Raisina Road to Jantar Mantar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jantar Mantar barricaded\" msid=\"134481089\" imgsize=\"170331\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"(Photo: Piyal Bhattacharjee) Jantar Mantar barricaded for protestors\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-170331,msid-134481089\/jantar-mantar-barricaded.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Piyal Bhattacharjee) Jantar Mantar barricaded for protestors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Friday that his organisation would launch nationwide protests from October 2 if Kumar did not resign by Saturday. A day earlier, he had warned of a \u201cJantar Mantar 2.0\u201d agitation if the CEC refused to step down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Security personnel were also deployed outside the Election Commission office in New Delhi ahead of a Delhi Congress demonstration over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The protests follow an Indian Express report that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders related to the SIR process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The report said their concerns included voter registration, deletion and restoration of names and access to electoral-roll databases.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Gogoi detained in Assam<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>In Assam, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior party leaders were detained while trying to cross police barricades during a protest demanding Kumar&#8217;s removal, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Police also used water cannons to disperse protesters in Chandigarh and Patna.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Gogoi had led a march from the Congress state headquarters, Rajiv Bhawan, towards the CEC&#8217;s office, where the protesters planned to burn an effigy of the CEC. Police had put up barricades near Rajiv Bhawan. The protesting leaders, including Gogoi, attempted to cross them and were subsequently detained.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>Those detained included AICC secretary Manoj Chauhan, Seva Dal president Deep Bayan and APCC general secretary Udit Bhanu Das, along with several others.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Congress spokesperson Bedabrata Bora alleged that the leaders were &#8220;forcefully arrested&#8221; and claimed that &#8220;this is yet another threat to democracy&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>The developments comes a day after leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi criticised Kumar following reports of differences within the Election Commission over the SIR of electoral rolls.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sir-row-jantar-mantar-entrance-barricaded-ahead-of-protests-gaurav-gogoi-others-detained-in-assam\/articleshow\/134480837.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closure came as Congress-led protests against Kumar were held across several states. 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