Abhijeet Dipke detained from flight after landing in Delhi ahead of CJP protest

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were detained upon landing in Delhi from Mumbai on Saturday, just before the party planned to protest at Jantar Mantar. The CJP accused authorities of a pre-planned move to prevent the leaders from reaching the protest site, and demanded their immediate and unconditional release.

The protest was reportedly planned against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing alleged voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and changes related to Form 6, used for voter registration. The detentions also included YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and CJP's legal team head Ratna Singh, who were arrested at their residences. The heightened security in Delhi aimed to stop protesters from reaching the protest site.

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