{"id":3495,"date":"2026-10-13T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:46:23","slug":"protest-suspended-within-two-hours-in-pimpri-protesters-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"Protest Suspended Within Two Hours in Pimpri; Protesters Disappear,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Indefinite sit-in demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar\u2019s resignation called off temporarily by afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pimpri :<\/strong> An indefinite sit-in protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, which began at 11 am on Tuesday in Pimpri, was suspended at around 2 pm. Following the suspension, the protest site presented a contrasting picture, with protesters absent but a sizeable police force remaining deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protest was launched jointly by various political parties against the Election Commission. In view of the agitation, police personnel were deployed in large numbers in and around the protest venue to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, by around 2 pm, the agitation had been suspended, and no protesters were present at the site. Police personnel continued to remain stationed in the area despite the absence of demonstrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rajan Nair, Maharashtra state coordinator of the Congress party&#8217;s state minority department, confirmed that the protest had been suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reasons behind the suspension and whether the agitation would resume at a later date were not specified in the information available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indefinite sit-in demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar\u2019s resignation called off temporarily by afternoon Pimpri : An indefinite sit-in protest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[57,56],"class_list":["post-3495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pimpri-chinchwad","tag-maharashtra","tag-pcmc"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-300x210.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg","large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-392x272.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-390x205.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-130x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-150x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Editor","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d5153bc4b578f38328e6ec4367b899f9035bc845d2933bfe4a714a364de8dbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Indefinite sit-in demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar\u2019s resignation called off temporarily by afternoon Pimpri : An indefinite sit-in protest","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Pimpri Chinchwad"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":5,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928.jpg",481,336,false],"medium":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-300x210.jpg",300,210,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?author=3"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d5153bc4b578f38328e6ec4367b899f9035bc845d2933bfe4a714a364de8dbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-33\">Pimpri Chinchwad<\/a>","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protest Suspended Within Two Hours in Pimpri; 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