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Police detain CJP leaders and protesters ahead of Delhi demonstration
The Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, planned a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on October 10.
It was demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the rollback of a revision of electoral rolls called the Special Intensive Revision.
Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, co-convenor Saurav Das and party leader Ashutosh Ranka after their flight landed in Delhi.
CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh also said police detained her before she could join a lawyers’ protest.
Police stopped other people travelling to the planned gathering, including students and lawyers, and detained protesters in other places.
Delhi Police had refused permission for the demonstration, citing security and procedural concerns.
The reported number detained differs: one account said more than 500 in Delhi, while another put the figure above 1,600 across the city.
CJP condemned the detentions and said its movement would continue, but no further plans were specified.
Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, co-convenor Saurav Das and party leader Ashutosh Ranka after their flight landed in Delhi on October 10, 2026.
CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh said police detained her ahead of the planned protest, while The Hindu reported police detained over 500 protesters across Delhi.
Times of India reported that more than 1,600 people had been detained across Delhi, including more than 400 SFI members; it said the exact total across Delhi and other states was unclear.
Police also detained lawyers and other people attempting to reach Jantar Mantar, and reports described detentions of demonstrators or travellers in Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh.
The CJP and Left organisations called the demonstration to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and reversal of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Delhi Police had denied permission for the gathering, citing security and procedural concerns, according to Times of India.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Left organisations, protesters and Delhi Police
- What
- A planned protest was met with preventive detentions and restrictions on movement.
- When
- October 10, 2026
- Where
- Delhi, including the route to Jantar Mantar; related detentions were also reported in Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- Protesters sought Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
CJP and protest supporters
Delhi Police and authorities
Purpose of the protest
CJP and protest supporters
CJP and Left organisations said the demonstration sought the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and reversal of the electoral-roll revision.
Delhi Police and authorities
Delhi Police had denied permission for the gathering, citing security and procedural concerns.
Detentions and restrictions
CJP and protest supporters
CJP condemned the detentions and said police action was preventing leaders and supporters from reaching a planned demonstration. Ratna Singh said she had been detained without a warrant or written order.
Delhi Police and authorities
Times of India reported the detentions were carried out as a preventive measure ahead of the protest. The articles do not include a detailed police response to the specific allegations.
They have not produced any warrant or orders. We were just three people, so we don’t even fall within the definition of an unlawful assembly,
dictatorship
Not few. A storm is coming,
Times of India reported that four CJP volunteers from Telangana were detained at Bhopal railway station while travelling to Delhi.
Times of India reported that at least 14 students travelling from Pune were detained at Itarsi after being taken off the Goa Express.
Ratna Singh told The Hindu that police arrived at her residence in Jangpura and that she was later surrounded in a car with two other advocates.
More than 400 SFI members were detained after they began marching towards Jantar Mantar, according to an SFI leader cited by Times of India.
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving at Delhi airport ahead of the planned protest.
- CJP leaders detained
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
- Reported Delhi detention totals
- The Hindu reported over 500 protesters; Times of India reported over 1,600 people and said the overall number across Delhi and other states was unclear.
- SFI members detained
- More than 400, according to SFI national president Adarsh M Saji as reported by Times of India
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
- Protest demands
- Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and rollback of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Sources
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