New Delhi witnessed a major security lockdown and commercial shutdown as authorities enforced strict measures to block a planned protest against the Chief Election Commissioner over alleged voter list irregularities. Connaught Place and surrounding central areas saw offices, restaurants, and shops shuttered, private vehicles restricted, and metro services affected amid heavy deployments of Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel.

The strict measures followed a demonstration call by the Kakra Janta Party. Key party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurabh Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by the Delhi Police directly from inside an aircraft after their flight landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport, and were subsequently shifted to an undisclosed location.

Unprecedented restrictions gripped parts of the city, including the suspension of metro stations, the cancellation of numerous train services originating or terminating at the New Delhi railway station, and internet service suspensions within a six-kilometre radius. Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita was imposed, effectively barricading access to key locations such as Jantar Mantar and Connaught Place, while border checkpoints from Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon experienced thorough checks.

Despite heavy barricading and cordons, smaller gatherings emerged near Pandit Pant Marg, Hanuman Mandir, Minto Bridge, and outside the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters. Protesting students, independent demonstrators, and opposition members—including representatives from leftist student and political bodies—clashed briefly with police before being removed and taken away in detention buses.

A notable confrontation unfolded near Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, where approximately 20 to 25 protesters took refuge inside the religious premises to evade police detention. Gurudwara committee members and police officials held discussions, urging protesters to refrain from raising political slogans inside, while security personnel remained stationed outside the gates to intercept anyone stepping back onto the streets.

While leadership remained under preventive detention and the BJP leadership condemned the agitation as an attempt to cause political instability, party functionaries reiterated their pledge to continue questioning the Election Commission regarding the electoral roll controversy.