Launching a scathing attack on the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke said October 10 would go down as “the beginning of the end of this dictatorship”, a day after CJP-led protests at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
In his post, Dipke said, “The CJP will neither back down nor be intimidated.”
CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were released after being produced before the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station, according to CJP Legal Affairs Head Ratna Singh. An Executive Magistrate court has released CJP activists Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, according to Ratna Singh, head of legal affairs at CJP. Delhi witnessed heightened security, widespread detentions and a political standoff on Saturday as police deployed a heavy security contingent at Jantar Mantar, where a CJP-led protest was held demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Around 1,000 people were detained across the national capital, including prominent Opposition leaders such as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee.
The three activists were presented before the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station after being taken into preventive custody.
