Delhi Police Denotifies Jantar Mantar, Shifts Protests To Three Venues

The Delhi Police has denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site amid ongoing demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR exercise. Protests have now been redirected to three alternative locations: Ramlila Maidan, the CBD Ground in Shahdara, and Burari Ground. However, two of these newly designated venues are situated significantly farther away from Parliament and central administrative offices, with CBD Ground approximately fourteen kilometres away and Burari Ground nearly twenty-three kilometres away. Moving demonstrations away from the corridors of power introduces logistical challenges, including massive crowd capacities ranging from fifteen thousand to eighty thousand people, expensive booking fees, and mandatory police clearance. Critics point out that shifting demonstrations far from the political centre may isolate demonstrators from policymakers, the media, and spontaneous public participation.