New Delhi: Left leaders D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat and others were detained at Mandi House here during an anti-Citizenship Act protest on Thursday for defying prohibitory orders imposed by the Delhi Police in the area.
"We are being detained," CPI general Secretary D Raja told PTI just before he was put into a bus by the police. Earlier, scores of agitators were detained at the Red Fort where another protest by students and activists was set to begin.
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