Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Ajinkya Shinde Takes Charge of CJP’s Jantar Mantar Protest
Ajinkya Shinde is an activist from Maharashtra who used to work as a computer engineer.
He later worked with the Aam Aadmi Party in Maharashtra and Goa before joining the Cockroach Janta Party.
On Saturday, he took charge of CJP’s protest in Delhi.
The party’s founder chose him after several CJP leaders were detained by police.
The protest called for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
CJP says there were problems with voter lists and voter registration.
Police also detained YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and many protesters who tried to reach the protest site.
Opposition figures criticized the police action.
Ajinkya Shinde took charge of the Cockroach Janta Party’s “Jantar Mantar 2.0” protest in Delhi on Saturday.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke selected Shinde to lead while Dipke and fellow leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained.
The protest demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, alleging voter-list manipulation and electoral-roll irregularities.
Shinde, 35, is a former computer engineer who held Aam Aadmi Party roles in Maharashtra and Goa before joining CJP.
Delhi Police also detained YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters trying to reach Jantar Mantar; opposition figures condemned the crackdown.
- Who
- Ajinkya Shinde and the Cockroach Janta Party; the protest targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- What
- Shinde took charge of CJP’s “Jantar Mantar 2.0” protest after senior party leaders were detained.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026, according to one article.
- Where
- Delhi; the detained CJP leaders had arrived from Mumbai.
- Why
- CJP demanded Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged voter-list manipulation and electoral-roll irregularities.
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 of other irregularities involving Form 6, and demanded his resignation.
Police response
The articles do not report a response from Gyanesh Kumar or the Election Commission to CJP’s allegations.
Detentions and crackdown
Protesters and critics
Opposition figures condemned the situation as “worse than the Emergency.”
Police response
Delhi Police detained CJP leaders and protesters attempting to reach Jantar Mantar; the articles do not provide the police’s explanation for the detentions.
- Protest
- CJP’s “Jantar Mantar 2.0”
- Protest leader
- Ajinkya Shinde, CJP’s national organisation 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 reported detentions
- YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and nearly 500 protesters
- Previous political work
- Shinde served as AAP Maharashtra youth president and handled organisational activities in Goa.
