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Supreme Court Blocks Metro Closure, Orders Trains Run

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  • Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and other leaders in New Delhi.
  • Authorities erected tall yellow barricades around Jantar Mantar and deployed thousands of officers.
  • Authorities closed 45 metro stations, canceled Delhi-bound trains, and shut internet within 4 km of the site.
  • Protesters demanded chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over a voter-list revision that cut 130 million names.
  • The Supreme Court ordered trains to run and rejected a blanket metro-closure order.