Delhi on Saturday witnessed a major crackdown on a planned protest and the detention of thousands, including four former chief ministers, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke, and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee. The action came amid CJP’s call for protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who faces allegations of carrying out irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Why Delhi Police stalled protests
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das, and Youtuber Dhruv Rathee remained in custody While the police released all the protesters after day-long detention. In the video, Delhi Police highlighted that the CJP failed to abide by its signed undertaking while protesting in June-July to demand the resignation of then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Tushar Gandhi, actor Imran Khan detained: Police detained actor Imran Khan, activist Tushar Gandhi and CPI (M) workers from various locations in Mumbai for protesting without permission, news agency PTI reported.
The Delhi Police shared a video on X, explaining the reason for denying permission to hold the protest at Jantar Mantar. In the caption, the police wrote, “Broken promises, shattered trust. Abhijeet Dipke and others detained: Dipke and two CJP leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were detained by Delhi Police from inside an aircraft as soon as their flight landed. Dhruv Rathee detained from Gurugram: YouTuber Rathee, who lives abroad and had come to join the CJP protest, was detained by police from his residence in Gurugram.
The Cockroach Janta Party has given a fresh call for protest, urging people to begin march to Jantar Mantar at 10 am on Sunday.
