Bengaluru Police denied permission for a Tiranga March organised by the Cockroach Janta Party on Friday, citing a High Court order that designates Freedom Park as the venue for protests in the city. Organisers had proposed starting the march at Town Hall at 4 pm and ending it at the Quit India Memorial.
A senior police officer said permission was refused because the organisers sought to hold the event at Town Hall, while the High Court order specifies Freedom Park as the location for protests. The officer’s statement establishes the immediate reason given by the police for the denial.
The march was being organised by the CJP in association with Jagruta Karnataka, AISA Karnataka and My Vote, My Right. The organisers said the event was planned in solidarity with CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka and spokesperson Saurav Das.
Das and Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody and lodged in Tihar Jail on October 14, according to the report. They were arrested in connection with allegations that they violated peace bonds and trespassed into Jantar Mantar in Delhi, which has been denotified as a protest area.
The two CJP leaders had signed bonds to maintain peace for one year after they were detained the previous week. The Bengaluru march was therefore linked by its organisers to the legal action involving the party’s leaders in Delhi, although the police denial in Bengaluru was based on the proposed venue.
The dispute places the administration of protest spaces at the centre of the event. The police position, as reported, is that Freedom Park is the designated site under the High Court order, while the organisers sought to use Town Hall as the starting point and proceed to the Quit India Memorial.
The supplied report does not state whether the organisers applied to shift the march to Freedom Park, whether they proposed an alternative route or whether they challenged the denial. It also does not provide details of crowd estimates, traffic arrangements or any further police decision on the proposed event.
