In Varanasi, India, a local news headline/summary reports that posters of "Janjiv again" were displayed at Kashi Vidyapeeth. Students staged a sit-in protest against Gyanesh Kumar, and RRF personnel stopped the students.

The impact of the protests taking place at Jantar Mantar is now being felt in Varanasi as well. Students from the Samajwadi Chhatra Sangh of Mahatma Gandhi, Kashi Vidyapeeth, staged a sit-in protest against Gyanesh Kumar. The students raised slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and demanded his resignation. A clash also occurred between the students and police personnel during the protest. The students alleged that some RRF personnel who tried to stop them...