After the detention of the central leadership of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Saturday, CJP’s X handle shared a pre-recorded video of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, in the video, Dipke anticipates their arrest and asks supporters to follow Ajinkya Shinde, whom he names as the next leader of the movement.
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Delhi Police continued to detain activists on Saturday ahead of a planned protest against the Election Commission, organised by various groups led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), saying there was no legal sanction for the demonstration. The video was shared on X after police detained Dipke, Ranka and Das. CJP activist Abhijeet Dipke, who was travelling from Mumbai to Delhi to join the protest, posted a video on Instagram alleging that police personnel entered his aircraft after it landed at Delhi Airport and attempted to detain him and his associates as they disembarked. In the video, Dipke accused the police of trying to arrest them inside the aircraft, describing the action as an example of the Narendra Modi government’s fear of peaceful dissent. He claimed that even Indira Gandhi had not taken such action during the Emergency, adding that the group had intended to hold a peaceful protest and was being treated like criminals. “You can see where the nation is heading.
The security measures were intended to prevent any untoward incident during the demonstration, with police seeking to avoid a recurrence of the July 20 protests.
“If you are watching this video, it means that Ashu, Saurabh and I have all been arrested,” Dipke says in the video. They are here to arrest us directly from the flight,” Dipke said in the video, calling the action a form of dictatorship and declaring that he and his associates were not afraid of being arrested.
