New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The Left student organisations and members of civil society have renewed their call for the Jantar Mantar protest against the Election Commission on Friday. Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan who is among those who had supported the protests, called on people to join at Jantar Mantar as citizens and not as representatives of political parties or organisations, amid heightened security in central Delhi.

In a post shared on X, Bhushan said the protest was against the "hijacking" of democracy by Gyanesh Kumar and his "handlers", while stressing that the demonstration was not partisan.

"Today's protest at Jantar Mantar and elsewhere in the country is a citizens protest against the hijacking of our democracy by Gyanes...