'Lehra Do Tiranga': CJP Calls for Central Park Demonstration as Leaders Sent to Tihar Jail

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has announced a fresh demonstration at Central Park in Delhi's Connaught Place on 16 October, issuing a call for a 'Lehra Do Tiranga' gathering. The move comes immediately after senior party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were remanded to five days of judicial custody and sent to Tihar jail by a Special Executive Magistrate.

Dipke urged citizens to gather at Connaught Place at 5 PM on Friday to hoist and wave the national flag in protest against the police action.

Judicial Custody Follows Jantar Mantar Arrests

The legal crackdown followed a kalandra (preventive police report) submitted by the Delhi Police after CJP leaders allegedly trespassed into private property to reach Jantar Mantar—a site recently denotified for public demonstrations—and violated bonds requiring them to maintain peace.

While a Special Executive Magistrate ordered Das and Ranka sent to Tihar jail for five days citing apprehensions of repeated law violations, their associate Ajinkya Shinde was bound down for six months to maintain peace and released on a personal bond with a surety of ₹5,000.

Escalating Tensions over Protest Rights in Capital

Addressing the media following the court proceedings, Dipke questioned the restrictions imposed by local authorities on displaying national symbols at public locations. In a statement issued on social media platform X, the CJP asserted that attempts to arrest or detain its members would not halt their planned gatherings across the capital.

The announcement of the Connaught Place gathering signals a shift in the venue of ongoing demonstrations from traditional sites to commercial transit hubs, even as Delhi Police maintain heightened security arrangements across Central Delhi.