Watch: Team CJP climb barricades to 'reclaim' Jantar Mantar after protest ban
Members of the Cockroach Janta Party were detained after protesting the Delhi Police's decision to remove Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. The government is moving protests to alternative locations, citing the need for new standard operating procedures.
Why it matters
The restriction of traditional protest sites raises concerns about the freedom of assembly and the government's management of public dissent.
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde, along with other party volunteers, sneaked inside the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi on Tuesday morning and were detained by Delhi Police.CJP leader Saurav Das posted a video on social media showing him and other protesters raising slogans inside the Jantar Mantar campus. He claimed that they had “reclaimed Jantar Mantar”.In a video shared by CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka, protesters were seen climbing over barricades and entering the Jantar Mantar campus.In a post on X, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said several party members including Ajinkya Shinde, had been detained by Delhi Police."Cockroaches with the Tiranga sneaked into Jantar Mantar early this morning before they were picked up by Delhi Police," Dipke said."You cannot denotify the resistance," he added, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi.This comes a day after Delhi Police removed Jantar Mantar from the…
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