Former Chief Ministers Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, and Pinarayi Vijayan, among others, who supported the protest announced by the Cockroach People’s Party against India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, have been arrested.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Chief Minister of New Delhi, Kejriwal, set out from his home in a march toward Jantar Mantar, but police lifted him bodily, put him into a vehicle, and arrested him.
Police also arrested former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had been sitting silently with a plaster over her mouth and a placard demanding justice around her neck in support of the CJP protest.
4pm. Along with our 4 MPs, we have started our dharna at Dwarka North PS where we have been brought. We were kidnapped and driven around in a prison van for two hours. I am not returning to Kolkata tonight and in protest against all that is happening today against the youth and all, I will join the I.N.D.I.A march on Monday.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) October 10, 2026
Kejriwal, who was arrested and taken away in a bus, has supported the protest by releasing a video from inside. He has also urged all young people to support this protest.
The youth of the country has awakened. https://t.co/exbaigpUwW
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 10, 2026
Since this morning, police had been stationed around Kejriwal's house, and he was arrested as soon as he came out of the house in the evening.
Imagine being so scared of the opposition that you make the Delhi Police detain elected reps and drive them around in circles for an hour just to keep them quiet. Modi’s panic is really showing here, and honestly, it’s just embarrassing at this point. Such high-handed tactics are a blatant attack on our democratic rights, but we will not be intimidated. #jantarmantar
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) October 10, 2026
Kerala’s former Chief Minister and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan, along with members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who supported the protest, have been arrested. Pinarayi Vijayan said on his X page that the arrest action against them shows that Prime Minister Modi is frightened.
