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Delhi police detain CJP founder ahead of planned Connaught Place flag rally
The Cockroach Janta Party scheduled a "Lehra Do Tiranga" rally at Central Park in Connaught Place. Police blocked the park's entry points and urged the organizers to cancel the event. As he was heading to the rally, founder Abhijeet Dipke was taken into preventive detention under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The rally was intended to protest recent detentions of CJP activists. The police action has heightened concerns over the right to assemble in Delhi.
Why it matters
The detention underscores the growing clash between authorities and protest groups over the ability to hold public demonstrations.
How this story developed
- Oct 8 Protests swell as India’s election commission faces allegations over voter-roll purge
- Oct 10 Mumbai police detained Tushar Gandhi, a Gandhi descendant, as part of the wider crackdown.
- Oct 10 The Supreme Court ordered that some train services remain operational despite earlier shutdown orders.
- Oct 10 Police deployed thousands of personnel, closed 45 metro stations and detained additional opposition figures and activists.
- Oct 10 Authorities detained over 1,000 activists and arrested more than 600 people with criminal histories.
- Oct 11 Delhi imposed wide‑scale traffic diversions around key intersections as the protest entered its second day.
- Oct 11 CJP leaders were released after posting a ₹50,000 surety bond.
- Oct 12 Chief Justice Surya Kant declined a direct meeting and said any petition filed on Monday will be considered on Tuesday.
- Oct 12 Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc will march to the Supreme Court at 4 p.m. local time to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Oct 12 Authorities shut six metro stations and deployed thousands of security personnel for a third consecutive day.
- Oct 13 The Supreme Court flagged fourteen procedural defects in the opposition’s petition.
- Oct 14 Leader Dipke urged supporters to gather at Central Park in Delhi on Oct. 16 with the national flag, after two protesters were placed in judicial custody for a Jantar Mantar demonstration.
- Oct 16 Delhi High Court refused to grant an injunction against the CJP rally.
- Oct 16 Delhi police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke as he headed to Central Park for the planned rally.
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