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Delhi Police Deny CJP Protest Permission, Close Roads And Metro Ahead Of October 10
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Delhi Police deploys around 23,000 CAPF personnel for Oct 10 CJP protest. Authorities alert PG owners and institutions to deter student participation ahead of protest.
Delhi braces for Oct 10
Delhi police and central forces tightened security ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest on October 10, with the BBC describing parts of Delhi as turned into a fortress and tens of thousands of security forces deployed. Police denied permission for the gathering at Jantar Mantar, and the BBC said all roads leading to Jantar Mantar were closed with huge metal barricades. Police also ordered dozens of metro stations shut to prevent protesters from gathering, and the BBC said several trains to Delhi were cancelled.
Nupur Prasad told a press conference that permission was denied because the CJP gave the “short notice,” and she said that under current guidelines an application must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date. The CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said the CJP will march to Jantar Mantar on Saturday morning “come what may,” adding, “If you want to jail us or even shoot us we are prepared.”
Detentions and legal fights
CJP and student groups alleged that police detained supporters from across the country ahead of the October 10 protest, and The Hindu said the CJP claimed “A group of students from Pune was on its way to Delhi to join the October 10 protest.” The CJP said the students were “detained midway and are now being taken away in a bus to an unknown location,” and the CJP shared a video purportedly showing youth inside a moving bus in Madhya Pradesh. CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka claimed Deepak Baliyan had been detained in Rajasthan and thousands of volunteers had been detained in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The Times of India reported that Madhya Pradesh police detained fourteen youth activists and students from Pune at Itarsi while travelling to Delhi for a protest against the Election Commission of India, and it said they were released after the MP high court directed the state to produce them before it on Oct 13. NSYF member Akash Nawale said, “We are trying to make arrangements to return to Pune because the govt has stopped all ways to travel to Delhi.”
Demands, deployments, and stakes
Delhi Police Joint Commissioner (Central Range) Madhur Verma urged personnel to show restraint ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party protest, and he wrote on X that the real strength of police lies in “discipline, dignity and minimum force”. The Ministry of Home Affairs made around 23,000 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel available to Delhi Police for deployment between October 8 and 12, taking the number of central personnel in the city to over 25,000. Delhi Police denied permission for the CJP’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, citing rule violations during an earlier demonstration, and it said the application was received on October 7 while rules require applications to be filed at least 10 days in advance.
The Tribune said organisers alleged deletion of nearly 13 crore voters from the electoral rolls and announced a nationwide mobilisation on October 10 including a major protest at Jantar Mantar against “vote chori” and “an assault on democratic institutions.” CJP co-convener Saurav Das said, “This is a nationwide protest call for October 10,” and it said he urged, “Every citizen must stand up to protect their right to vote.”