Leader of Opposition, and Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has been released from by Delhi Police on Tuesday night. He, along with a number of Opposition MPS, was detained, a whole nine hours after he led INDIA Bloc MPs and supporters in a march from Parliament to the Election Commission office in New Delhi.
After his release, Rahul Gandhi took to X, posting a video of Delhi Police removing him from the protest site, saying that, “To save the traitors of democracy, the remnants of democracy have been dragged through the mud.”
लोकतंत्र के गद्दारो को बचाने के लिए बचे-खुचे लोकतंत्र को घसीटा गया है। हिसाब होगा – एक भी देशद्रोही बख्शा नहीं जाएगा। https://t.co/QbngN1p9y6
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 6, 2026
His sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was leading teh protest alongside him, was also detained, with visuals showing the two being moved onto a police bus.
VIDEO | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) detained by police after his nearly 9-hr sit-in at Akashwani Bhawan premises. (Source: Third Party) (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/aM56rGZ4zv
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026
The detention came around 8 pm, nearly nine hours after the protest began. Sources told NDTV that Rahul Gandhi and other detained leaders were being taken to Kingsway Camp in north Delhi.
The two were briefly detained around noon as well and made to board a police bus. They were later seen leaving the vehicle, and jumping over the Akashvani Bhawan gate , resuming the sit-in protest there.
The high-stakes protest was organised by the INDIA Bloc over what the Opposition has described as unilateral decisions by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. The protesters were demanding Kumar’s resignation.
Visuals from the protest showed police personnel taking Rahul Gandhi away as Congress workers attempted to intervene.
VIDEO | Delhi: Police attempt to remove Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi and other MPs staging a sit-in protest inside Akashwani Bhawan. (Source: Third Party) (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/2PVTzLM6sc
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026
The Opposition MPs had begun their march from the Parliament complex and were headed towards Nirvachan Sadan, the Election Commission’s headquarters. Protestors, including party workers, carried banners reading ‘Save Democracy’ and raised slogans against Gyanesh Kumar.
The Opposition bloc has been working on a broader protest strategy against the Chief Election Commissioner following a meeting last week. The issue has also drawn attention beyond mainstream political parties, with the satirical Cockroach Janta Party representing Gen-Z support for the campaign.
VIDEO | Delhi: Police detains Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi), K.C. Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp), Deepender Singh Hooda (@DeependerSHooda), Amarinder Singh Raja Warring (@RajaBrar_INC) and other leaders staging a sit-in protest inside Akashwani Bhawan. (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2026
Speaking to media during the protest, Rahul Gandhi questioned why the Opposition MPs were not being allowed to meet the Election Commission. He said that the Election Commission office was barely 50 metres away, but they were not allowed to go there, according to remarks shared by Congress sources.
Gandhi said around 300 MPs wanted to meet Gyanesh Kumar and questioned why the Election Commission was not meeting them. “If the representatives of the people cannot meet the Election Commission, then what is the meaning of democracy?” he said.
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