Cockroot Janata Party (CJP) has announced to protest once again on Sunday at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The party says that its protests will continue till the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. CJP has started this movement regarding alleged irregularities in the voter list. The police have not given permission for the demonstration and have taken several steps to maintain law and order.
A day before this, on Saturday, the police had detained about 7,000 people to stop the CJP demonstration in Delhi. Four former Chief Ministers were also included in these. Although most of the people were released by night, top party leaders and YouTuber Dhruv Rathi were reported to be in custody. Two petitions related to this matter are to be heard in the Supreme Court on Sunday. At the same time, due to the demonstration, there is a possibility of traffic being affected in Delhi for the second consecutive day.
What is going to happen today, details in 10 points
1. Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has again announced to hold another demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday. The party is agitating against alleged irregularities in the voter list. CJP has clearly said that its protest will continue until Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resigns.
2. On Saturday, CJP had called for gathering at Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar. Police took action to stop the demonstration and detained about 7,000 people in Delhi. After this, security and law and order arrangements have been made for the protest on Sunday also.
3. Four former chief ministers were among those detained on Saturday. These include the names of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal, Trinamool Congress founder Mamata Banerjee, Left leader Pinarayi Vijayan and Manik Sarkar. All of them were detained after police action during the CJP demonstration.
4. According to the report, most of the detained people were released by Saturday night. However, top CJP leaders Abhijeet Deepke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka remained in custody. Along with them, information was given that YouTuber Dhruv Rathi is also in custody. All of them will be presented before the magistrate today.
5. Delhi Police has refused permission for the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar. Officials say that many steps have been taken to maintain law and order. To prevent any kind of chaos during the demonstration, attention is also being paid to security arrangements and traffic management.
6. Two petitions related to the CJP protest and police action in Delhi on Saturday are to be heard in the Supreme Court on Sunday. In these petitions, issues related to police action and restrictions imposed on public transport have been raised.
7. In a petition filed in the Supreme Court, a demand has been made to initiate contempt proceedings against the government. It has been alleged in the petition that the government violated the instructions of the court. In this case, the Supreme Court will consider the arguments of the concerned parties during the hearing.
8. The second petition is Habeas Corpus petition. In this, a challenge has been raised against the detention of opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists. Through this petition, questions have been raised on the legality of detention. The hearing of this case in the Supreme Court is also scheduled for Sunday.
9. After the announcement of CJP's new protest, traffic restrictions will remain in force in Delhi for the second consecutive day on Sunday. According to Delhi Traffic Police, traffic diversion can be done at 30 major places in the capital. In the advisory issued late on Saturday night, it was said that from 6 am on Sunday, traffic will be diverted to other routes as per the current situation.
10. According to the advisory of Delhi Traffic Police, traffic may be affected around Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place, Mandi House, Patel Chowk and many other intersections in Central Delhi. The police have said that traffic diversion will be implemented based on the current situation. In such a situation, people passing through these areas may have to face traffic related changes.