A protest by Congress workers and youth organisations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Ahmedabad’s Vastrapur area on November 1 led to clashes with police, multiple detentions and temporary disruption to traffic around Vastrapur crossroads, according to a report by Gujarat Samachar.
The protesters assembled near the Andhjan Mandal and marched towards Vastrapur crossroads while raising slogans demanding Kumar’s resignation. The demonstration was described as aggressive, and the gathering created a tense situation in the area as police deployed additional security to manage the protest.
Police personnel surrounded the demonstrators and began detaining workers as the march progressed. The report said that police and protesters were involved in pushing and pulling during the detention process. Those detained were taken in police vehicles to a nearby police station.
The situation escalated when two protesters climbed on to the roof of a police van while they were being detained. They continued raising slogans against the Chief Election Commissioner from the vehicle, after which police personnel brought them down and moved the protesters away from the area.
The demonstration affected movement around Vastrapur crossroads and adjoining roads for a short period. The report did not provide a figure for the number of people detained, identify the police station to which they were taken or specify whether any cases had been registered in connection with the protest.
The protest was organised by Congress workers and various youth organisations, according to the report. It focused on Kumar and included repeated calls for his resignation, but the supplied account does not provide the organisers’ detailed allegations or a response from the Chief Election Commissioner’s office.
For the city, the immediate impact was concentrated around crowd control and road movement in a busy Ahmedabad locality. Police deployment and the temporary obstruction caused by the march and detentions affected traffic near the Vastrapur junction while authorities worked to prevent the gathering from expanding.
The report also does not state how long the traffic disruption lasted or whether anyone was injured during the clashes. Further details on the detentions, any police action and the organisers’ next steps were not available in the supplied account.
