CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and AISA activist Neha Bora were detained by Delhi Police on Friday ahead of the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march. Police denied permission for the Connaught Place protest, citing restrictions under Section 163 of the BNSS. The demonstration was called against the arrest of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were remanded to judicial custody after entering Jantar Mantar on October 13. Over 6,000 police personnel were to be deployed across Lutyens’ Delhi, with another 5,000 kept in reserve. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police permitted CJP to hold its solidarity rally at the designated protest site, Azad Maidan.
Mamata Banerjee on Friday condemned the detention of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, accusing Delhi Police of suppressing democratic rights and creating an “undeclared Emergency”. In a post on X, Banerjee questioned why Dipke was detained for holding the national flag and alleged that the government was attempting to intimidate young protesters into silence. Calling the government's conduct authoritarian, she expressed solidarity with Dipke and jailed CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das. Banerjee asserted that detentions and intimidation could not crush democratic aspirations and urged citizens to continue defending freedom and the constitutional right to dissent.
Abhijeet Dipke was detained in Delhi on his way to Connaught Place today. In a video shared by CJP's Ashutosh Ranka, Dipke can be heard asking a police official how is he violating any law when he is alone. “How is this violation? I am alone,” Dipke said. Earlier today, he was asked not to take out a march over Section 163 of the BNSS.
Amid ongoing student protests in Delhi and other places, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that institutions and agencies are keeping an eye on it. “They are doing what they have to do,” he said.
AISA activist Neha Bora was detained near Mandi House shortly after she began her protest march on Friday. The Delhi Police has also detained workers of the AISA and Left parties protesting near Mandi House demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Delhi Police has served two notices to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, according to police sources cited by ANI. The first notice, issued under the Delhi Police Act, directs him not to visit Central Park in Connaught Place, citing restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The second notice, issued by the South West Delhi Police, relates to an earlier incident in which Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were taken into preventive custody at the airport and later produced before a court. It refers to a court directive requiring them to refrain from causing public disturbances for one year, the sources said.