CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka Detained During Jantar Mantar Protest
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday after party volunteers staged a protest at Jantar Mantar, challenging the Centre’s decision to remove the site’s designated protest status.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a video of the demonstration on social media, showing volunteers climbing an iron gate and a police barricade to enter the protest site with party flags.
The protesters raised slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Inquilab Zindabaad as police personnel attempted to stop them. The group had a brief confrontation with officers before the protesters were detained and taken away, Dipke said.
“You cannot denotify the resistance,” Dipke posted, challenging the Centre’s decision.
Centre Designates Three New Protest Sites in Delhi
Jantar Mantar, located in central Delhi’s high-security zone, will no longer serve as a designated venue for protests and sit-ins following the Centre’s decision to denotify it.
Three alternative locations have been finalised for demonstrations in the national capital: Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in east Delhi.
The venues were selected based on recommendations from a committee under the Union Home Ministry.
Protest Linked to SIR Controversy
The development comes amid demonstrations by the Opposition INDIA bloc and CJP in central Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the special intensive revision (SIR) controversy.
Delhi Police has fortified Jantar Mantar since October 10 and has not allowed protesters to enter the area. CJP had called for a demonstration at the site on the same day.
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving in Delhi on the morning of October 10. According to the report, they were detained inside their flight as it landed in the capital.
Thousands of protesters were detained over Saturday and Sunday as demonstrations and police action unfolded across Delhi.
