Delhi protest highlights: CJP to give fresh call soon; CJI rejects Opposition request for meeting over SIR, CEC

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Delhi protest LIVE: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, including Saurav Das, will visit the Parliamentary Street Police Station at 10 am on Monday to seek a date for holding a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar.

In a statement, the leaders said the Delhi Police had 24 hours to provide them with a date for the protest, failing which they would announce a protest call themselves.

Meanwhile, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant has rejected the INDIA bloc leaders’ request for a meeting to submit a representation over alleged electoral irregularities, stating that they should approach the court by filing a petition as the matter is already sub judice.

CJP protest LIVE: Bombay High Court orders immediate release of six CJP activists detained by Goa Police during protest in Panaji, news agency PTI reported.

CJP protest LIVE: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, including Saurav Das, will visit the Parliamentary Street Police Station at 10 am on Monday to seek a date for holding a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar.

In a statement, the leaders said the Delhi Police had 24 hours to provide them with a date for the protest, failing which they would announce a protest call themselves.

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has reportedly refused to meet INDIA block leaders tomorrow.

CJP protest LIVE: The parents of Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday expressed disappointment over his inability to attend his grandmother's funeral, claiming that Delhi Police could have shown leniency and released him in time to pay his last respects.

Speaking in Hingoli, Maharashtra, his father, Bhagwan Dipke, said that even if the police had required his son to return to Delhi after the funeral, he could have been allowed to attend the final rites.

"If they (Delhi Police) had released him on time—or even released him on the condition that he had to return to Delhi after the funeral—he certainly could have come to see his grandmother," Bhagwan Dipke said.

-ANI

CJP protest LIVE: CJP’s legal head Ratna Singh on Sunday claimed that the outfit’s national spokesperson Sudhir Sangwan, and joint secretary, Balakrishnan Shukla, were detained by Delhi Police from Connaught Place and that their whereabouts remain unknown.

“Our National Spokesperson, Sudhir Sangwan, and Joint Secretary, Balakrishnan Shukla, were detained by @DelhiPolice this evening from Connaught Place and their whereabouts remain unknown.”

She questioned the reason for their detention and demanded that police clarify their status immediately.

“Why are they being detained without any information being provided about their whereabouts? Delhi Police must clarify their status immediately, disclose where they are being held, and ensure that all due legal procedures are followed. The police are responsible for upholding the law, not operating above it.”

Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Sunday alleged that he was manhandled, dragged and assaulted inside a police vehicle and was later dumped by the roadside. He called it not only an assault on an MP but democratic freedom.

“Manhandled, dragged, assaulted n misbehaved inside a police vehicle and dumped by the roadside - for the crime of speaking to the media. This is not merely an assault on an MP. It is an assault on democratic freedoms and the rule of law. More chillingly, it happened within hours of the Supreme Court issuing directions to safeguard peaceful protest and constitutional rights.”

CJP protest LIVE: BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has urged the Mumbai Police to take action against actor Imran Khan for joining a protest in support of the Cockroach Janta Party, citing his alleged status as a “foreign citizen”. He also sought clarity on whether Khan could participate in such protests.

In a post on X, Somaiya said he had written to Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner Manoj Kumar Sharma, asking whether Khan, a “foreign citizen”, could “break the law knowingly”.

He also demanded Khan’s immediate deportation.

CJP protest LIVE: Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday claimed that CJP's protests in Delhi over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise were an attempt to "create anarchy" in the country, and hailed the central government for bringing the situation under control.

He accused CJP leaders of trying to "lead the youth towards anarchy", saying they must be identified and stopped.

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CJP protest LIVE: On Congress leaders' meeting in Delhi, Congress MP Jebi Mather said, "Tomorrow, Delhi will witness a protest which Delhi has never witnessed."

CJP protest LIVE: MNS leader Amit Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray staged a protest outside Shivaji Park Police Station against the detention of protesters.

CJP protest LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday slammed Delhi Police for taking the “moral high ground”, saying their offer to drive him home came at 3:30 am on the condition that he sign the arrest papers.

“The same Delhi Police which is now taking the moral high ground for informing me about my grandmother’s demise and offering me a ride home came to me at 3:30 in the morning with arrest papers, demanding that I sign them.

“Where did all that humanity go at 3:30 am? Despite knowing that I had just lost my grandmother, they still insisted that I sign the arrest papers. I refused until I was allowed to speak to my lawyers,” he added.

He also accused the police of deleting a portion of the video in which he asked to use his phone to contact a relative and speak to his lawyers.

“Why did you delete the part where I was asking for my phone so I could retrieve my cousin’s number? And where I was asking to let me speak to my lawyers?”

CJP protest LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party on Sunday asked all protestors in New Delhi to stay back as the next call of protests is “on its way.”

“All Cockroaches currently in Delhi should stay back. Next call on its way! 😎For Cockroaches outside Delhi, the trains are running again,” it said in a post on X.

CJP protest LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday claimed that Delhi Police woke him up at 3:30 am at night to inform his parents of his detention, news agency ANI reported.

“At 3:30 AM, the Delhi Police came and told me to call my parents and inform them that I had been arrested. What was the intention behind this? Waking me up at 3:30 AM and telling me to call my parents—waking them up too—to tell them I was under arrest? I asked them why they hadn't informed my parents all day that I had been arrested or where I was being held. Why didn't you tell them during the day? Why are you telling me this at 3:30 AM? Why not wait until morning? They insisted it was a legal procedure. What kind of legal procedure requires calling someone's parents at 3:30 AM to inform them that their son has been arrested?”

CJP protest LIVE: “The Delhi Police came and told me that my grandmother had died. I then asked the Delhi Police to let me call my cousin who lives in the village; I requested them to bring my phone for just two minutes. They refused, saying they couldn't bring the phone and asked me to provide the number instead. I told them I didn't remember the number by heart and asked them to just hand me the phone for two minutes so I could retrieve the number and give it to them. Even then, they did not give me the phone. By law, I have the right to call my lawyer as well. The Delhi Police did not allow that either; they wouldn't let me call my lawyer,” Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday.

CJP protest LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday responded to a Delhi Police video showing him declining an offer to return home after being informed of his grandmother’s death, saying police had denied him access to his phone “even for a couple of minutes” to contact his cousin.

“I had requested to let me speak to my cousin who lives with my grandmother. Asked for my phone just for a couple of minutes so I could at least take out the number of my cousin,” he wrote in a post on X.

“Why didn’t Delhi Police let me use my phone? I had also asked for a call with a lawyer, which was again denied.”

CJP protest LIVE: Opposition leaders to march to Supreme Court tomorrow, will meet CJI after 4 pm.

CJP protest LIVE: CJP's Ashutosh Ranka on Sunday said the Delhi Police ‘screwed up’ once again by fortifying Central Delhi to stop people from reaching Jantar Mantar.

“Delhi Police fortified Central Delhi to stop people from reaching Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site. Result - There are now 50 different Jantar Mantars in and around Central Delhi,” he wrote in a post on X.

“Congratulations @DelhiPolice for screwing up once again :)”

“We won't leave here without all our demands being met,” said Ajinkya Shinde on Sunday in a post on X.

He shared visuals from Surajmal detention center.

CJP protest LIVE: RJD MP Manoj Jha visited CPI (M) MP John Brittas at RML hospital.

John Brittas was admitted to RML hospital for an X-ray scan to examine any injuries to his chest.

This comes after the CPIM on Sunday alleged that the Rajya Sabha MP was brutally attacked by the Delhi Police and was later dropped by the roadside, ‘visibly injured and in distress.’

CJP protest LIVE: CJP's Saurav Das slammed Delhi Police for entering Bangla Sahib wearing shoes and carrying weapons on Saturday as they continued detention of protestors.

In a post on X, Das doubled down on the criticism, saying, “Sikh brothers and sisters have always supported the youngsters. They have never ever discriminated or judged anyone on the basis of religion, caste, class, or race.”

"The Delhi Police’s forced entry into Bangla Sahib, in shoes, no head cover, and with weapons is utterly condemnable. No matter what ideology one belongs to, our places of worship should never be INSULTED in this manner!"

"I request everyone, not just Sikh brothers and sisters, to support the youth in big numbers. This is a shared struggle, for accountability, for a clean system, a brighter future!"

CJP protest LIVE: A woman is being detained from Connaught Place right now. "You can't detain me after sunset" she is saying while being detained.

CJP protest LIVE: Delhi Police on Sunday released a video showing Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke declining an offer to return home after being informed of his grandmother’s death.

CJP protest LIVE: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Sunday expressed anger over treatment of a woman protester, calling it “absolutely disgusting.”

Phogat’s comments came after Supriya Shrinate shared a video on X showing a woman being heckled by Delhi Police during Saturday’s protests.

“How can the people of our country tolerate this kind of behaviour towards any woman????” Phogat wrote on X.