#RightToProtest Archives

Cockroach Janta Party Tiranga March: Dipke, Neha Bora Among 150 Detained as Protests Spread Across Delhi

October 16, 2026 Editor

CJP Tiranga March: Dipke, Neha Bora Detained as Delhi Protests Spread

Delhi Police Detain CJP Founder Dipke as Flag March Triggers Fresh Political Row By: Javid Amin | 16 October 2026 New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) planned ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march turned into a day of police detentions and scattered demonstrations across central Delhi on Friday, after authorities moved to prevent protesters from gathering at Central Park in Connaught Place. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora were among approximately 150 people reportedly detained at Connaught Place, Janpath and Mandi House as police…

From London’s Hyde Park to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and Srinagar’s Ghanta Ghar: The Global Story of Protest Spaces

October 13, 2026 Editor

From Astronomical Observatory to Protest Landmark: Jantar Mantar’s Place in the Global History of Dissent

As Delhi removes Jantar Mantar from its list of designated protest venues, a wider debate returns: should democracy keep dissent visible near centres of power, or move demonstrations to controlled spaces on the urban periphery? By: Javid Amin | 13 October 2026 Srinagar / Delhi: A public square can be a marketplace in the morning, a transport hub in the afternoon and the centre of a political storm by evening. Across the world, certain streets, parks and open grounds have acquired a more enduring role: they have become places where…

Jantar Mantar Protest Row Escalates: CJP Leaders Detained Again, Supreme Court to Hear Pleas on October 15

October 13, 2026 Editor

Supreme Court hearing on pleas over protest restrictions deferred to October 15; CJP alleges police seized phones and initially denied detained leaders access to lawyers after activists entered Jantar Mantar By: Javid Amin | 13 October 2026 New Delhi:: The confrontation between the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and Delhi Police intensified on Tuesday after party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained again following a dramatic entry into Jantar Mantar, while CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke questioned Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant over the Supreme Court’s response to…

CJP Leaders Detained Near Jantar Mantar as Delhi Police Tighten Clampdown on Anti-EC Protest

October 13, 2026 Editor

Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and other Cockroach Janta Party functionaries face fresh police action as the row over protest restrictions and electoral-roll revisions intensifies By: Javid Amin | 12 October 2026 New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and other party functionaries were detained by Delhi Police after attempting to reach or enter the Jantar Mantar protest area, according to reports, as the dispute over restrictions on demonstrations in the national capital continued to escalate. The latest action follows a wider police operation surrounding the CJP’s…

Delhi Protest Crackdown Draws Global Scrutiny: UN Raises Concerns, Supreme Court Questions Curbs on Public Life

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 Editor

Delhi Protest Crackdown Draws Global Scrutiny as UN Questions Mass Detentions

CJP’s Anti-CEC Protest Triggers Wider Debate on Electoral Integrity, Civil Liberties and the Limits of State Power Javid Amin | New Delhi | 11 October 2026 What began as a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has developed into a much wider confrontation over India’s democratic freedoms, electoral credibility and the government’s response to political dissent. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which mobilised supporters against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, found its planned October 10 demonstration at Jantar Mantar blocked…

Supreme Court on CJP Protest Crackdown: “Whoever Committed Excesses Should Be Taken to Task”

July 28, 2026 Editor

Supreme Court on CJP Protest Crackdown: “Whoever Committed Excesses Should Be Taken to Task” By: News Desk | 28 July 2026 The Supreme Court has sent a strong message on accountability amid allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests, making it clear that the right to maintain public order cannot become a licence for unlawful use of force. During a hearing on Tuesday, July 28, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said that “whosoever committed excesses, took law in their hands should be taken…

Tarigami Spearheads Demonstration Against Allegedly Anti-Public Government Measures

November 29, 2023 Editor

CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday held a protest rally under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Tehreek against “anti-workers, anti-farmers and anti-people policies” of the government. He also called slapping UAPA against seven students of a farm university in Kashmir as “repressive”. Despite restrictions imposed by the UT administration, hundreds of workers and farmers assembled at Maharaja Hari Singh Park here and held protest demonstration against “anti-workers, anti-farmers and anti-people” policies of the governments at the Centre and UT of Jammu and Kashmir, he said. While…