• Over 15000 protesters have been detained across the national capital, with more than 500 individuals removed directly from the Jantar Mantar protest site and the surrounding areas like Connaught Place. Delhi Police also detained protesters who stayed overnight at Bangla Sahib Gurdwara and requested the gurdwara management not to provide space or shelter to demonstrators.

  • CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke along with co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were intercepted and detained by Delhi police straight from their flight at IGI Airport. They have been taken to three different locations in Delhi-NCR, sources in intelligence agencies told The Hindu. Meanwhile, CJP policy lead Mehr and legal lead Ratna Singh were also detained.
  • Former West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress (MAITC) chief Mamata Banerjee and other party leaders were detained by the Delhi Police from a bus stop in Delhi’s South Avenue, where they held a dharna.

  • CJP named organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde to lead the Jantar Mantar demonstration, using a pre-recorded video message in anticipation of a potential arrest.

  • Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was also detained in a joint operation from his residential flat in Gurugram.

  • Other prominent political figures including former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, former Tripura CM Manik Sarkar and Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas were detained in various locations as they were trying to reach Jantar Mantar.

  • The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) urged Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to intervene following the detention of lawyers while a separate contempt petition was filed over the blanket shutdown of transit in Delhi.

  • As police locked down central Delhi, AISA president Neha Bora declared Dilli Haat as the new protest venue. Delhi Police swiftly blocked the road and detained her along with other activists.

  • BJP president Nitin Nabin on Saturday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and the CJP of attempting to destabilise the country with the backing of foreign forces, and asserted that the government will deal sternly with their “ill intentions,” while the party workers will foil their design on the ground.

  • Demonstrations and police actions spilt over to other states as well, with over 100 AISF and AIYF cadres arrested during a procession in Chennai and former deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia along with Punjab AAP workers detained in Chandigarh.

  • Social activists Tushar Gandhi and Feroze Mithoborewala were also detained in Mumbai ahead of a parallel protest organised at August Kranti Maidan.

  • AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Left leaders strongly condemned PM Modi and the government, accusing them of using brute force and mass detentions out of fear to protect the CEC. Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and K.C. Venugopal also condemned the police actions.

  • Mr. Kejriwal was detained by the Delhi Police outside his house in Lodhi Estate on Saturday when he was on his way to join the protest at Jantar Mantar.

  • The protesters are being corralled inside Chhatrasal Stadium, turning the venue into a mass makeshift containment centre.

  • The representatives of CJP, SFI and AISF will address a press meet on the ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ protest in HKS Surjeet Bhawan today at 5:00 p.m..

  • Hum Bharat Ke Log, meanwhile, called a protest in Mumbai’s August Kranti Maidan in support of Delhi protest.