“We are not going to stop protesting till [CEC] Gyanesh Kumar resigns: A practical reader guide

The protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will not stop until he resigns over alleged vote c hori (theft), Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026), after the Delhi Police detained him and other Opposition leaders for the second day in a row while on their way to Jantar Mantar for a dharna.

“We are not going to stop protesting till [CEC] Gyanesh Kumar resigns. This is a fight to protect the most sacred thing in this country. There is nothing that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah can do that will stop us,” Mr.

Gandhi said.

Gandhi, carrying him on their shoulders, and put him inside a police van. As Congress workers punctured one of the van’s tyres, it could travel only a short distance. Mr. The police had stopped the buses carrying Opposition MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, at the roundabout near the Le Meridien and Shangri-La hotels. Mr. The Congress’s official X handle posted a picture of Ms. Moitra with bruises on her face and palms. “The brutal handling of elected representatives by the police shows the utter contempt of the poisonous pair of PM-HM for our Constitution and democracy.

Security personnel detain Congress party’s member of Parliament Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a protest by the opposition alliance INDIA bloc (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) in New Delhi on October 7, 2026 | Photo Credit: AFP Delhi Police personnel first forcibly removed Mr. Gandhi was taken to the Barakhamba Road police station and released by 8 p.m.

“This is all panic reaction, this is all fear,” Mr. Gandhi said while sitting inside the van after his detention. “To save the Constitution and democracy, the Congress Party and the Opposition are ready to take to the streets as many times as needed, face arrests, or endure legal cases,” the Congress president said in a post on X. Gandhi called the FIR a “medal” on his chest and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Mr. Kumar could “do all this stuff”, “but we are going to bring them to justice”. Earlier reporting noted: BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari posted on X a video clip of the scene and attacked the Congress leader, saying, “In his eagerness to make a reel, Rahul Gandhi attempts to push a female police personnel.”

Earlier reporting noted: There was no immediate reaction from the Congress to the BJP’s charge. This is the reality of the ‘We Will Do It’ proclaimed by the ‘Slogan Sultan’ today,” Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X. Earlier reporting noted: BJP claims Rahul Gandhi tried to push woman cop ‘in his eagerness to make a reel’ during Opposition protest The BJP alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tried to push a police woman when she, along with others in her team, was trying to remove one of the women protesters from the opposition INDIA bloc sit-in here on Wednesday.