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CJP leaders detained again after entering Jantar Mantar

About 20 volunteers, including three leaders, were detained a day after the site was closed to protests.

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Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde were among about 20 Cockroach Janta Party volunteers detained after entering Jantar Mantar. It was the leaders' second detention in days.1Al Jazeera2South China Morning Post

Dipke responded on X: "You cannot denotify the resistance."1Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch's Elaine Pearson said the government "should stop throwing young protesters in jail". The Election Commission denies favouring any party and says wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol.1Al Jazeera

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11 linked events, oldest first. This event is highlighted.

  1. Cockroach Janta Party launched onlineActivist Abhijeet Dipke launched a satirical youth movement that drew a huge following within a week.
  2. Students begin indefinite Jantar Mantar protest over NEET paper leakThe Cockroach Janta Party began an indefinite sit-in demanding the Education Minister's resignation.
  3. Sonam Wangchuk begins hunger strike at Jantar MantarThe Ladakh activist joined the students with an indefinite hunger strike.
  4. Wangchuk removed from Jantar Mantar; march to Parliament meets tear gasPolice removed Wangchuk on a court order, then clashed with a "Sansad Chalo" march toward Parliament.
  5. Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike after talks with governmentTwo Union ministers met the movement, and the hunger strike ended on agreed conditions.
  6. Dharmendra Pradhan resigns as Education MinisterThe minister resigned after weeks of student protests over the NEET paper leak.
  7. Cockroach Janta Party elects national leadershipDipke became National Convenor, with Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka as Co-Conveners.
  8. CJP leaders detained at Delhi airport ahead of Jantar Mantar protestPolice detained the movement's leaders on arrival as Delhi was locked down to stop a rally against the election chief.
  9. Delhi Police say Jantar Mantar is no longer a protest siteAs thousands marched, police withdrew Jantar Mantar's status as an official protest venue.
  10. CJP leaders detained again after entering Jantar MantarAbout 20 volunteers, including three leaders, were detained a day after the site was closed to protests.
  11. Dipke detained a third time as police block Delhi rallyPolice took the founder into preventive detention before a rally for two jailed leaders; he was released the next day.

Separate stories that sources connect to this one.

  1. Intelligence agencies examine possible foreign interference in CJP protestsOver 4,000 posts and 500 accounts abroad are under review. No finding has been reported.
  2. Half a million join youth-led cost-of-living protests across FranceStudents, unions and yellow-vest groups marched over living costs and fuel prices; dozens were detained in Paris.The Nation

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