Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of Cockroach Janta Party, has vowed to continue his protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after his release from preventive arrest in Delhi. Dipke with activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released on Sunday, October 11 after they were arrested during a planned demonstration.
CJP Founder Says Protests Will Continue
The founder of CJP took to X (formerly Twitter) to indicate that the protests would resume, indicating that they did not sign any bond that prevented them from protesting again and that they would return to the streets.
The demonstration was held against Gyanesh Kumar and concerned alleged irregularities in the voter roll revision exercise as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
Why Were CJP Activists Detained?
Dipke, Das and Ranka were allegedly detained aboard an aircraft after it landed in Delhi on Saturday, October 10. They were then produced before an executive magistrate’s court in Delhi Cantonment on Sunday.
According to reports cited by NDTV, the three were released on the condition that they would not cause a breach of peace for one year. Delhi Police said that the required legal procedures had been followed.
A surety bond of Rs. 50,000 was submitted in connection with maintaining peace and good behaviour for one year, according to the police.
Protests Against Gyanesh Kumar
The detentions came against the backdrop of demonstrations demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protests were about concerns that there were irregularities in the voter roll cleanup exercise as part of SIR.
Given that Dipke has indicated that the demonstrations would continue, developments around the planned protests and the conditions of the activists’ release are bound to draw attention.
