Water Cannons Used, Gaurav Gogoi Detained As Congress Holds Protests Against Gyanesh Kumar

The Congress on Friday launched its nationwide protest campaign against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar with demonstrations in various parts of the country.

From Delhi to Patna to Jammu to Kolkata to Punjab to Assam and Arunachal, Congress workers took to the streets demanding Kumar's resignation.

In Delhi, a major Congress protest saw dramatic scenes with the party leaders breaking barricades and trying to march towards the Election Commission office to demand CEC's resignation. Several Congress workers were detained as the police tried to stop the march.