Where were opposition leaders taken? Stadiums, police stations and a prison van

Mamata Banerjee was taken in a prison van, which went around the city before reaching Dwarka, according to the party.

Pinarayi Vijayan, MA Baby and John Brittas were taken to Chhatrasal Stadium and then to Mandir Marg police station.

Manik Sarkar and Elamaram Kareem were detained at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana.

Arvind Kejriwal was detained outside the residence.

At 8:49 pm, Kejriwal reported being released by police.

Mamata Banerjee was detained after a sit-in near the South Avenue bus stand, according to Oneindia and The Quint.

Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen and other Trinamool Congress MPs were with Banerjee, according to Oneindia.

The party said that Banerjee was taken in a prison van, which took rounds of the city before the group was taken to Dwarka.

Banerjee said that the situation in Delhi was beyond Emergency, according to National Herald.

Arvind Kejriwal was detained outside the residence while trying to join the demonstration, and footage showed Kejriwal in a police bus with AAP leaders, according to Oneindia.

At 8:49 pm, Kejriwal reported being released by police, according to a live blog by The Federal.

Inkl reported that Banerjee and Kejriwal were released from detention.

Kerala’s former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, MA Baby and John Brittas were taken to Chhatrasal Stadium and then to Mandir Marg police station, according to Brittas as cited by The Federal.

Manik Sarkar and Elamaram Kareem were detained at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana, according to The Federal.

CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav were also among those detained, according to Al Jazeera.

The CPI(M) alleged that its leaders were manhandled and denied food, water and medication, and that two of its leaders were injured, which are party allegations.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on X that the Modi government had turned the Mother of Democracy into a Muzzled Democracy, according to Al Jazeera.

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