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CJP Plans October 10 Jantar Mantar Protest Demanding CEC Resignation
The Cockroach Janta Party plans a protest in Delhi on October 10.
It wants Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The protest is planned for a place called Jantar Mantar.
Ashutosh Ranka, one of the party’s leaders, said the group would try to hold the protest even without permission.
He said protesters would sit wherever officials stopped them.
They would wait there until they could continue.
Ranka said authorities might arrest or beat protesters.
Party founder Abhijeet Dipke called the planned event “Jantar Mantar 2.0.”
He said supporters from different parts of India would come to Delhi.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on October 10.
The party is demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Co-convener Ashutosh Ranka said protesters would proceed even if authorities deny permission.
Ranka said demonstrators would sit wherever they were stopped and remain there until allowed to continue.
Founder Abhijeet Dipke called the event “Jantar Mantar 2.0” and said supporters from across India would travel to Delhi.
- Who
- The Cockroach Janta Party, including co-convener Ashutosh Ranka and founder Abhijeet Dipke.
- What
- A planned protest march demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Where
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi.
- When
- October 10; the year is not specified.
- Why
- The party is demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
CJP’s position
Authorities’ position
Whether the demonstration will proceed without permission
CJP’s position
CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka said the protest would go ahead even if authorities denied permission, and that protesters would remain where they were stopped until allowed to continue.
Authorities’ position
The articles report that authorities may deny permission, but do not provide an official response or explain their position.
Key facts
- Organiser
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Planned date
- October 10; year not specified
- Planned location
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- CJP co-convener quoted
- Ashutosh Ranka
- CJP founder quoted
- Abhijeet Dipke
- Planned event name
- “Jantar Mantar 2.0,” as described by Dipke
Quotes
Ashutosh Ranka
Co-convener of the Cockroach Janta Party
“And until and unless they allow us to go in, we’ll not get up. They can, of course, arrest us, beat us up. That they can keep doing, but we are very clear – the protest will be done at Jantar Mantar”
indianexpress.com
“We’ll do a march. Wherever they stop us, we’ll sit… that place becomes Jantar Mantar.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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