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Ballot boxes from India's first general election, 1952 (editorial illustration)

A thousand detained for one question: the Election Commission has stopped answering

A thousand detained, three faceless FIRs, and an umpire with immunity 'till death' — on the Delhi crackdown, the EC's lost art of answering, and why a question that goes unanswered curdles into something no police bus can ferry away.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

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1,000 detained, 3 FIRs: Delhi's crackdown on the protests demanding the CEC's ouster

Over 1,000 protesters detained across central Delhi and three FIRs registered as two days of demonstrations demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged SIR voter-roll irregularities. Kharge demands the Lok Sabha's dissolution; Rahul says 'lathi can stop a crowd, but not a question.'

4 October 2026 · 2 min read