New Delhi [India], April 9 (HBTV): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders who were detained previously for protesting outside the Election Commission of India sat inside the premises of Mandir Marg Police Station pressing for their demands to change the chiefs of the Central Bureau of Investigation, National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate, and the Income Tax department.
According to the Delhi police, the 10-member delegation of Trinamool Congress leaders was detained on Monday following a protest outside the Election Commission of India over their demands in the national capital.
The Opposition leaders were brought to Mandir Marg Police Station amid their agitation and were later asked to leave at night but the delegation did not leave. They sat inside the premises all through the night.
Those who staged the protest included five TMC members of Parliament (MP) Derek O'Brien, Mohammad Nadimul Haq, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale and Sagarika Ghosh.
There were three former MP Arpita Ghosh, Shantanu Sen, and Abir Ranjan Biswas.
Apart from this, MLA Vivek Gupta and TMC youth leader Sudeep Raha were also protesting.
A 10-member delegation went to the Election Commission's office on Monday and submitted a memorandum highlighting that "BJP and NIA have been working hand-in-glove to selectively target and harass our party workers".
The TMC urged the poll body to change the chiefs of Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation, Income Tax Department and National Investigation Agency.
After being detained, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien said that they are ready to fight the "BJP's dictatorship".
TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee also said that NIA’s director and other officials should be removed by the election body.
‘We have appealed to the Election Commission to change the chiefs of NIA, CBI, ED and Income Tax and we are sitting on a 24-hour peaceful protest with this demand,’ TMC MP Dola Sen also said.
(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.