Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:09am on 10 Oct 2026,Saturday India
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on October 10 criticised the extensive security restrictions imposed in Delhi ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar. Calling the measures regressive and repressive, he cited heavy police deployment, barricades, metro station closures, train cancellations and internet suspension. Tharoor argued that citizens should be allowed to peacefully question the integrity of elections and demanded the release of detained protesters. He used the term “Emer-GenZ” to criticise the crackdown, warning that restricting dissent could deepen public suspicion about the Election Commission and undermine democratic freedoms.
