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Ajinkya Shinde steps up to lead CJP's Jantar Mantar protest
Ajinkya Shinde is an activist from Maharashtra who used to work as a computer engineer.
He later became involved in politics and social movements.
He is now part of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP.
On Saturday, he took charge of a CJP protest in Delhi.
The party's senior leaders had been detained by police after arriving from Mumbai.
The protest called for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
CJP says there were problems with voter lists and their revision.
Police also detained hundreds of people trying to reach the protest site.
Opposition figures criticized the crackdown.
Ajinkya Shinde took charge of the Cockroach Janta Party's Jantar Mantar 2.0 protest on Saturday.
He stepped in after CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police.
The protest called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged voter-list manipulation and electoral-roll irregularities.
Shinde, 35, is a former computer engineer and former Aam Aadmi Party activist from Latur district, Maharashtra.
Police detained CJP leaders, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters as they tried to reach Jantar Mantar.
- Who
- Ajinkya Shinde and the Cockroach Janta Party; the protest targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- Shinde took over leadership of CJP's Jantar Mantar 2.0 protest after senior party leaders were detained.
- Where
- Delhi, with the detained leaders arriving from Mumbai.
- When
- Saturday; no date is specified in the article.
- Why
- CJP called for Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, alleging voter-list manipulation and irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll.
Protesters and critics
Police response
Alleged electoral irregularities
Protesters and critics
CJP accused Gyanesh Kumar of voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision and other irregularities involving Form 6, and demanded his resignation.
Police response
The article does not report a response from Gyanesh Kumar or the Election Commission to these allegations.
Detentions and crackdown
Protesters and critics
The Opposition condemned the situation, describing it as “worse than the Emergency.”
Police response
Delhi Police detained CJP leaders and protesters attempting to reach Jantar Mantar; the article does not provide the police's explanation for the action.
Key facts
- Protest
- CJP's Jantar Mantar 2.0
- Protest leader
- Ajinkya Shinde, the CJP organisation's in-charge
- Age
- 35
- Hometown
- Ujani village, Ausa tehsil, Latur district, Maharashtra
- Detained CJP leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
- Protest target
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Other detentions reported
- YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters
Sources
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