New Delhi, June 12 -- Police on Friday detained Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan workers during their protest outside the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Supreme Court's rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, Meenakshi Natarajan's plea challenging the rejection of her nomination papers.

From inside the police detention bus, protesters could be heard chanting slogans while holding banners that read 'Satya ki raah, loktantra ki chah' (On the path of truth, yearning for democracy) and 'Election Commission Compromised.'

Police officials were seen carrying the protestors to the bus to control the situation.

A protestor claimed that "this government is anti-women... The government disrespected the w...