AISA president Neha Bora was detained by Delhi Police on Friday as students and civil society groups gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Bora was among scores of protesters detained after police stopped the demonstrators from entering the designated protest site, saying they did not have permission to enter.
The protest, organised by AISA along with civil society groups, follows The Indian Express’ investigation into internal objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi over decisions linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Speaking to The Quint before her detention, Bora spoke about the protesters’ demands and the police restrictions on the demonstration.