India
oi-Gaurav Sharma
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to hold a press conference at 2 pm on Sunday following the release of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, and co-convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, who were detained before their party’s protest in Delhi.
The CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka announced the event after the three-party leaders were released by the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station.
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, and Saurav Das, detained before a Delhi protest demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over electoral roll issues, were released on a peace bond and will hold a press conference Sunday at 2 pm.
They were arrested after being sent to Delhi’s capital to stage a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
According to the latest update on the magistrate’s proceedings, the three CJP leaders were released on the condition that they keep the peace for a year.
The CJP spokesperson said that the party was happy that Delhi Police finally released Dipke, Ranka, and Das after they had been kept under police custody for too long, adding that they had complained about it and asked to be left alone.
The party’s press conference, which is scheduled for 2 pm, will give it a chance to comment on the police’s response to the standoff and talk about other related matters. What exactly the CJP spokespersons will say at the conference is still unclear, as the topics have yet to be revealed.
Delhi went on high alert after thousands of people were placed under surveillance in advance of a planned general strike by the CJP at Jantar Mantar. The security operations resulted in the detention of thousands of workers, with police using force to keep opposition leaders, students, and activists from gathering at the protest site.
While the CJP continues to oppose the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, it is also calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in connection with the controversy over the SIR.
The Supreme Court will review petitions calling for an end to the capital’s mass arrests, detentions, and cancellations of assembly.
