Meanwhile, when Sabrang India reached out to Rajesh Pradhan, Additional Commissioner of Police (North region) about the police preventing Azad from leaving the hotel he denied it completely. He said, "There is no such thing. We are not detaining anyone. We have placed cars outside his hotel since morning but we are not holding him captive. Any way he has been denied permission for holding his rally." Meanwhile Vikram Deshmane, DCP Zone 5, under whose jurisdiction Jambori Maidan falls could not be reached despite repeated attempts. 

Opposition parties are united in their condemnation of the virtual detention of Bhim Army Chief, Chandrashekhar Azad. Grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, national leader of the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh sharply condemned the incident from Shegaon Maharashtra where he was addressing a rally. The CPI(M) strongly condemned the detention in his hotel of Bhim Sena leader Chandrashekhar Azad as he was going to address a press meet in Mumbai. The party demanded his immediate release. In a statement issued by Dr Ashok Dhawale, Member Central Committee (CPI-M), the CPI (M) said, "The BJP-led governments at the centre and in the state are attacking democratic rights and are targeting Dalit and human rights activists on the Bhima Koregaon issue with a vengeance, while letting Manohar Bhide and Milind Ekbote, the ring-leaders of the attacks on Dalits there, scot-free." The CPI(M) demanded an immediate end to this unjust and arbitrary actions of the BJP governments.