The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced another protest march towards Jantar Mantar in Delhi at 10 am on Sunday, a day after the party said thousands of people were detained or subjected to police action during an anti-Election Commission protest in the capital and the National Capital Region.
Ajinkya Shinde, the CJP’s national organisation in-charge, announced the next protest in a post on X. He said the party would continue its campaign demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, whom the party has accused of undermining voting rights. These allegations were made by the CJP and were not independently established in the report.
The announcement follows a protest on October 10, during which the CJP said more than 15,000 people, including students, civil society members and political figures, faced detention and police action. The party also alleged that transport restrictions and disruptions were used to prevent people from reaching the protest site.
Delhi Police told The Indian Express that its deployment would remain at the same level as it had been on Saturday. A police officer said measures involving the Metro and trains could be taken depending on the situation on Sunday. The statement did not provide details of specific station closures, train cancellations or other restrictions planned for the next protest.
In his announcement, Shinde said CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das, along with student leaders and volunteers, had been detained during the earlier mobilisation. He appealed to supporters to march towards Jantar Mantar and said that any location where police stopped protesters should be treated as an alternative site of protest.
The CJP said the earlier action had disrupted transport services, alleging the cancellation of train and bus services, flight disruptions, Metro station closures and the use of signal jammers. The report did not include independent confirmation of each of these claims. The party described the restrictions as an attempt to obstruct peaceful assembly and said it would continue civil disobedience and street protests.
The proposed mobilisation places central Delhi’s public-assembly rules and transport network at the centre of the dispute. Jantar Mantar is a designated protest venue, while access restrictions, police deployment and possible changes to Metro and railway operations can affect commuters well beyond the immediate protest area. The police response indicates that operational decisions will be taken according to the situation on the ground.
Srijan Bhattacharya of the Students’ Federation of India expressed solidarity with the protesters and alleged that the administration had turned New Delhi into a fortified zone. He referred to restrictions around public assembly grounds, Metro station closures, suspension of train services, signal jammers and pre-emptive detentions at transit hubs.
Delhi Police’s stated position is that its deployment will remain unchanged from Saturday, with possible decisions on Metro and train operations to be taken according to Sunday’s circumstances. The CJP has asked supporters to assemble at 10 am and march towards Jantar Mantar.
