Police detained volunteers of the AAP's student wing, ASAP, during a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with the outfit alleging they were driven around Delhi in a bus for several hours before being taken to a police station on Saturday.
AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned the continued detention of the student volunteers, while Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP) claimed they remained in custody at the Jafarpur police station even after 7:30 pm.
Volunteers allege they were taken around Delhi
According to the AAP student wing, the volunteers were taken around different parts of Delhi in a bus for several hours after being detained during the protest.
In a video posted on X, ASAP members said that the police arrangement was a "free Delhi Darshan bus service", saying those wanting to see different parts of the city could come to Jantar Mantar and travel around for free.
"On Friday, we were taken around Badarpur, and today they are taking us to Jafarpur near the border," the members said in the video.
The volunteers said they were taken to Jafarpur on Saturday and suggested that they be taken to Anand Vihar on Sunday.
AAP questions continued detention
Bharadwaj questioned why the AAP student wing volunteers were still in detention in the evening, while ASAP reiterated that its members remained at Jafarpur Police Station after 7:30 pm.
There was no immediate response available from Delhi Police over the allegation.
Protest over SIR and CEC's resignation
AAP and it's student wing had staged a protest on Friday over irregularities in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and demanded the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
The protest comes days after The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions and orders on the SIR that they said were issued without their knowledge or recommendation.
Under fire over the red flags raised by two of its commissioners over the SIR process, the EC has asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberations in any institution and that all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures.