New Delhi, October 10: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday extended the closure of entry and exit gates at 45 metro stations by four hours till 10 PM today as part of the security arrangements for the protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in the national capital.

The stations, which were earlier scheduled to reopen at 6 PM, will continue to remain closed till 10 PM on Saturday, the DMRC said in a revised service update.

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The situation will be reviewed by security agencies and further updates will be shared accordingly, the DMRC said.

“The 45 Metro stations, closed since 09:00 PM on Friday due to security reasons will continue to remain closed till 10:00 PM tonight (10th October). Further the situation will be reviewed by the security agencies and necessary updates shall be shared accordingly,” the DMRC posted on ‘X’.

The CJP had called for a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in the national capital to demand Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, accusing him of masterminding voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.

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The restrictions were initially imposed from 9 PM on Friday ahead of the protest.

On Friday, the DMRC had revised its earlier travel advisory, reducing the number of restricted stations from 57 to 45. The curbs were imposed following a request from Delhi Police in view of the anticipated protest.

The restrictions cover several key stations across the metro network, including Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk, Janpath, ITO, New Delhi and Kashmere Gate.