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CJP Seeks Jantar Mantar Protest Date After Airport Detentions
The Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, wanted to hold a protest in Delhi.
It planned to call for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign over alleged problems with voter lists.
Police detained three CJP leaders when they arrived at Delhi airport on Saturday.
The leaders said they were not shown written reasons for being detained.
They also said their phones were taken and they could not speak with a lawyer.
They were released on Sunday.
On Monday, CJP leaders said they would ask Delhi Police to give them a date for a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar.
They said they might announce another protest if no date was given within 24 hours.
CJP plans to ask Delhi Police for a Jantar Mantar protest date.
Co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka said leaders would visit Parliament Street Police Station at 10 a.m. Monday.
The planned protest called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over alleged electoral-roll irregularities.
Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, Ranka and Saurav Das at Delhi airport on Saturday; they were released Sunday.
The leaders alleged they were detained without written grounds, denied legal counsel and had their phones seized.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party leaders, including Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das; Delhi Police.
- What
- CJP said it would ask police to set a date for its Jantar Mantar protest after three leaders were detained and later released.
- Where
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Parliament Street Police Station and the planned protest site at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
- When
- The detentions occurred Saturday; the leaders were released Sunday and said they would approach police at 10 a.m. Monday.
- Why
- CJP planned to protest alleged electoral-roll irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision exercise and seek the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Key facts
- Organisation
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Protest demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Stated reason for protest
- Alleged irregularities in electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision exercise
- Detained leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das
- Release
- The three leaders were released Sunday after being produced before an executive magistrate.
- Next stated step
- CJP leaders said they would approach Delhi Police on Monday at 10 a.m. to seek a protest date.
Quotes
Ashutosh Ranka
CJP co-convenor
“Delhi Police can give us a date for Jantar Mantar in 24 hours, else the CJP will give another protest call.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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