AAP Workers Block Police Buses at India Gate to Demand Chief Election Commissioner's Resignation

High-voltage drama unfolded near India Gate in New Delhi on Sunday as workers from the Aam Aadmi Party and its student wing, ASAP, mounted aggressive street protests demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Demonstrators climbed atop police buses transporting detained protesters, blocking traffic corridors and chanting slogans against the Election Commission. To maintain law and order across the national capital's central zone, heavy contingents of Delhi Police personnel and paramilitary forces were deployed around India Gate and adjacent stretches.

Protesters Target Detention Vehicles in Central Delhi

The confrontation escalated rapidly when AAP volunteers surrounded moving police vehicles in the middle of the road, physically preventing them from transporting detained activists away from the site.

Scuffles broke out as security personnel attempted to clear the arterial roads surrounding the monument. Protesters refused to disperse, standing in front of the buses and climbing onto their roofs while shouting slogans against election authorities.

Crackdown at Jantar Mantar and High-Profile Detentions

Simultaneously, a parallel demonstration gained momentum at Jantar Mantar, where party members gathered to push for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Security forces moved in swiftly, detaining scores of activists to quell the agitation.

Among those taken into custody was senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj. Speaking shortly after his detention, Bharadwaj lashed out at the police action, alleging high-handedness by the authorities on the ground.

"Police officers are tossing me around as if I were a football," Bharadwaj stated. "Despite such a massive police presence here, they refuse to register an FIR against their own Assistant Commissioner of Police or place the officer under detention."