On Gandhi Jayanti, Modi’s Police Descends on Anti-SIR Protest | The Wire Wrap

On Gandhi Jayanti, as opposition parties took to the streets of the national capital to demand CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the ongoing contentious SIR Delhi Police arrived with 4000 personnel and detained over 500 people. In Mumbai, the cockroach Janta Party held a massive demonstration against the CEC. The Wire’s Sravasti Dasgupta discusses the implications of the protest in conversation with Seema Chishti, Editor, The Wire; Anjali Bhardwaj, Transparency Activist; Jomy Thomas, Bureau Chief,Malayalam Manorama