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​No, Neha didn’t use a guerrilla tactic; romanticising the term hurts dissent

Did the All India Students’ Association (AISA) leader Neha Bora use a doppelganger to evade Delhi police during the October 11 protests? Neha clarified that she hadn’t set out to do that at all. “It was not a strategy but a simple coincidence," she said later the same day on…

Newslaundry · 12h ago

Detained twice, Molitics journalist moves SC over ‘contempt of court’

Molitics journalist Amaan Rastogi has filed a contempt petition before the Supreme Court.

Newslaundry · 19h ago

On the ground with Sreenivasan Jain: A day at the Opposition march

Sreenivasan Jain was on the ground in Delhi today as Opposition leaders from the INDIA bloc marched towards the Supreme Court, demanding accountability from the Election Commission and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Newslaundry · Oct 12

Delhi Police cannot dictate how journalists cover protest

Since the Delhi Police are now in the business of giving professional advice to journalists, I want to share a few suggestions with them.

Newslaundry · Oct 12

‘Protests to continue till Gyanesh Kumar resigns’: CJP leaders after release from custody

Leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said that India has seen a brazen display of dictatorship in the past 72 hours when protesters gathered for a march in Delhi to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The leaders were addressing the media on Sunday, October…

Newslaundry · Oct 11

A city under siege by its own guardians: The Delhi of October 9 and 10

On October 9, as the sun gently set over central Delhi, the city fell into an unusually quiet lull. It was the day before the protests demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and a rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Newslaundry · Oct 11

‘Koi media nahi hai’: Inside the Delhi police’s October 10 crackdown on journalists

Several journalists were stopped from doing their work and detained in Delhi on October 10. They were dragged by their clothes, pushed and manhandled, their phones snatched, and pressured to delete footage of police action. Some were picked up kilometres away from the protest site; others were detained despite wearing…

Newslaundry · Oct 11

Around Jantar Mantar in 15,967 steps

Early in the morning at Janpath market, on the road that leads to Jantar Mantar, the Delhi Police are hungry. With barbaric arms and pillow paunches, they bang the bus in which they’ve been paraded here like cattle in trucks, “Please feed us, give us some food!”

Newslaundry · Oct 11

Delhi sealed, journalists detained: Inside the CJP protest on October 10

What Delhi witnessed on October 10 felt like an ‘undeclared emergency.’ A protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and Left student organisations, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, seems to have rattled the government so much that it turned the city into a fortress. Every route to…

Newslaundry · Oct 11

Stopped at every turn: How Delhi Police kept protesters away from Jantar Mantar

The Cockroach Janta Party and Left organisations had called a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Instead, Delhi saw widespread barricading, a heavy police deployment, and the mass detention of…

Newslaundry · Oct 10