Chandigarh, Oct. 11 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday held a protest here against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged vote theft and lashed out at the BJP-led Centre for detaining protesters ahead of the proposed demonstration by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia along with Punjab cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema were among those detained by the police for protesting in Sector 17 in front of the Election Commission's office.

The protest started at around 12 noon. Heavy police deployment and barricading had been done to stop the protesters from entering into the Election Commission's office.

Meanwhile, police and protesters had a face-off and party leaders ...