New Delhi: Putting careers on the line and with the dagger of detention hanging over their heads, some protesters have reached in Delhi or are making their way to the capital. They say they want their voices to be heard, but are not sure if they will be able to reach Jantar Mantar on Oct 10 to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Among those who have reqched is an IT professional from Mumbai, who has already suffered some repercussion at work for attending the June-July CJP protest in Delhi. He said he took unplanned leave then to join the agitation. When he returned to Mumbai, he got a warning letter from his employer. “Sometime after that, I resigned,” he said.He now has an offer from another company and is waiting to join. In the intervening period, he returned to Delhi with a friend, this time to participate in the Oct 10 protest. “Voting is our basic right,” he said. “I am worried about what is happening.”He has seen the reports of people being detained and questioned.Asked about the new job, he said: “I am not worried about the job right now. I am worried about this issue. Until he (Gyanesh Kumar) resigns, I will stay here.”For a Pune resident who works in a security supervision company, the immediate challenge is to reach Delhi.He was travelling to his first protest in the capital, he said. The news of the detentions has made him uncertain about what might unfold. The Pune resident and his friends are coming to Delhi by road. “We are still on the way. We are travelling by road, changing vehicles as we go,” he said. “Let us see whether we reach. People are being detained,” he said.What prompted him to travel from Pune to the country’s capital? The man from Maharashtra said: “Whatever is happening feels wrong. We want to support the cause.”Earlier this week, a youth from Bengaluru arrived in Delhi. He is staying with a friend, he said. He had wanted to attend the June-July protest protest but was unable to travel because of work commitments. “I regretted it later because I felt I should have been there. This time, I planned my travel a bit in advance and came to Delhi. Accommodation wasn’t a problem. I don’t know how things will unfold, but I want to be here and make my voice heard.”
