Security stepped up in India's capital for 'cockroach' movement rally
More than 6,000 police personnel and 220 CAPF companies have been deployed as the party presses for the release of detained leaders and the election chief’s resignation.
- On Friday, Delhi Police deployed over 6,000 personnel and 220 CAPF companies across Connaught Place to prevent the Cockroach Janta Party's planned 'Lehra Do Tiranga' flag march at Central Park.
- Tensions escalated after Delhi Police detained CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on October 13, remanding them to five days' judicial custody for trespassing at Jantar Mantar after it was denotified as a protest site.
- The New Delhi Municipal Council closed Central Park for two days citing 'administrative reasons,' while CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke asserted, 'Tomorrow we are simply going to hoist the Tricolour. Our Tiranga is our pride, and hoisting the Tiranga is not a crime.'
- Police detained Dipke on Friday in preventive custody, preventing him from attending the march as the CJP continues demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged electoral roll irregularities.
- Business activity in Connaught Place has dropped to around 30-35% of normal levels due to recurring demonstrations, as the CJP and opposition groups press daily protests demanding electoral reforms across the capital.
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Police detained India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday, live images from his group showed, ahead of a protest called by him in capital New Delhi’s central business district, the latest rally to demand the resignation of India’s election chief. The youth-led ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), opposition groups and student organisations have held almost daily protests this month demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kum…
Abhijeet Dipke stopped in New Delhi as he left his home to go to a demonstration he called against the revision of the electoral lists
In anticipation of new protests against the amendment of the electoral rolls called for by the "Croaches Party" the Indian police lifted the high alert again today in New Delhi, the capital.
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