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Srinagar: Srinagar Lok Sabha member Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has criticised the heavy deployment of Indian forces and restrictions imposed in New Delhi to prevent protesters from gathering at Jantar Mantar, saying such measures do not reflect well on democracy.<\/p>\n
Ruhullah made the remarks as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called for a demonstration demanding the resignation of Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over irregularities in voter-list revision.<\/p>\n
In a post on his official account on X, the MP said the restrictions were familiar to people from Kashmir but warned against their normalisation across India.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeavy forces in the heart of India\u2019s capital to stop citizens reaching Jantar Mantar. This does not speak well of a democracy. Being from Kashmir, none of this is strange to me. We don\u2019t cherish it. We warn: this is what happens in Kashmir. Don\u2019t let it happen to India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The CJP had called the protest over manipulation of electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and irregularities involving Form 6, used for voter registration. The party demanded Gyanesh Kumar\u2019s resignation, accusing him of overseeing the irregularities.<\/p>\n
Delhi authorities imposed extensive restrictions, while police detained opposition leaders, activists, lawyers, journalists and other demonstrators attempting to reach the protest site. More than 7,000 people were detained across the capital, according to media reports.<\/p>\n
Ruhullah\u2019s comments drew a comparison between the restrictions imposed during the Delhi demonstration and the curbs experienced by people in Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: Srinagar Lok Sabha member Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has criticised the heavy deployment of Indian forces and restrictions imposed in New Delhi to prevent protesters from gathering at Jantar Mantar, saying such measures do not reflect well on democracy. Ruhullah made the remarks as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called for a demonstration demanding …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":212939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"\n