New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the BJP of "authoritarianism" over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and restrictions on protests at Jantar Mantar, alleging that those questioning the government were being jailed and peaceful demonstrators were facing police action.

His remarks came after a Special Executive Magistrate remanded Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Sourav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days of judicial custody, while Ajinkya Shinde was bound down for six months on a personal bond and surety of Rs 5,000 to maintain peace and good behaviour, Delhi Police said. The three were accused of trespassing on the denotified Jantar Mantar protest site through pri...