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Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan lead march in Delhi as CJP leaders detained
Activist Yogendra Yadav, lawyer Prashant Bhushan and student leader Neha Bora led a march in Delhi on Saturday.
They marched from Jor Bagh towards Dilli Haat-INA as police detained leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving at Delhi airport from Mumbai.
The party had planned a protest at Jantar Mantar called “Jantar Mantar 2.0.”
It wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
The detained leaders could not reach the planned protest site.
The march took place amid the police action, but no further steps are stated.
Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan and student leader Neha Bora joined a march in Delhi on Saturday.
The march went from Jor Bagh towards Dilli Haat-INA.
It took place while key Cockroach Janta Party leaders were in police detention and could not reach the planned protest site.
The party had called for a demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
- Who
- Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan and Neha Bora led the march.
- What
- They marched in Delhi as the Cockroach Janta Party’s planned protest faced a police crackdown.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- From Jor Bagh towards Dilli Haat-INA in Delhi.
- Why
- The party’s planned demonstration called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Yadav, Bhushan and Bora joined a march from Jor Bagh towards Dilli Haat-INA.
- March route
- Jor Bagh to Dilli Haat-INA
- Detained CJP leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
- Planned protest demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Issue cited
- Special intensive revision of electoral rolls
Sources
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