Jantar Mantar Protest: Top leaders including Abhijeet Dipke detained in Delhi, CJP says nationwide agitation to continue
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained aboard a flight at Delhi airport ahead of the planned Jantar Mantar protest. The outfit said its nationwide agitation demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation would continue despite the detentions.
The Janta Party (CJP) has accused the Delhi Police of a crackdown on its leaders and supporters ahead of a planned protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, along with co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were detained upon landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport from Mumbai. This comes amid heightened security measures in the national capital, with the CJP planning a demonstration to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The party maintains that its nationwide agitation will continue despite the detentions and that Gyanesh Kumar's immediate resignation is their central demand.
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