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Left parties and student groups staged a protest at the Kalaburagi railway station on Saturday. They demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the electoral roll revision. Protesters said, "attempts to suppress one's right to dissent were unacceptable," while police tried to disperse the crowd.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta warned the opposition on Saturday that the government will stop attempts to disrupt law and order. She accused leaders of creating anarchy for political gains. "Let it be known: Delhi will not be held hostage," Gupta said, as police detained many protesters at Jantar Mantar.
DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday (October 10, 2026) called Delhi police action against anti-CEC protesters an undeclared emergency. He said, "Dissent is not a crime, and democracy cannot survive by silencing those who rise to defend it." Stalin demanded the CEC resign and the Union government release all detained leaders.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed CJP protests, calling them shadow boxing for AAP. He said, "The country will be governed by Parliament, not by the streets." Prasad accused the opposition of political theatre regarding electoral rolls. He also told Rahul Gandhi to stop using the term emergency for current events.
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, 10 October accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior figures of cowardice. Speaking from Chennai, he vowed to defend the Constitution amid a police crackdown on Delhi protests. Gandhi said, "The core characteristic of these people is cowardice," while promising support to all the young protesters.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk warned of a fresh fast on Saturday if authorities do not release detained student leaders and activists in New Delhi. He said, "I had never imagined that the biggest democracy in the world would be under an undeclared Emergency." Many political leaders got detained recently.
Members of student organisations were detained on Saturday when they attempted to march towards the Election Commission office in Bengaluru. The protesters demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Police stopped the march near Freedom Park, claiming the action was necessary to maintain order amid heavy security arrangements.
On Saturday, Chandigarh Police detained Manish Sisodia and Harpal Singh Cheema during an AAP protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The party alleged that 13 crore voters were removed from electoral rolls. Sisodia said, "We also demand that Gyanesh Kumar resign." Meanwhile, the BJP questioned the protest's actual purpose.
Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Centre on Saturday (October 10, 2026) after police detained protesters heading to Jantar Mantar. He called the action “worse than the emergency”. The Aam Aadmi Party accused the government of imposing a black emergency, as authorities closed 45 metro stations to stop the ongoing youth protests.
Abhijeet Dipke asked his mother to avoid her phone during the Cockroach Janta Party protest. She ignored him and saw him get detained on an Air India flight. "Arresting someone on a plane like this is wrong," she said. Police took Dipke and other leaders to various detention centres today.
Mumbai police detained Tushar Gandhi and other organisers on Saturday, October 10, 2026, ahead of an anti-CEC protest at August Kranti Maidan. “We will continue our protest despite detention,” the group said. Police also detained over 200 people on Friday, October 9, 2026, to stop them from traveling to Delhi.
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy said land acquisition for the Hyderabad-Chennai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Pune high-speed rail corridors without official requisition is illegal. He met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi, who confirmed that alignment studies are still under way. No requests went to State governments for these projects yet.