CEC protest updates: CJP leaders released on ‘no-breach of peace’ condition, fresh protests planned

A Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on the condition that they do not breach the peace for one year, the campaign’s legal head Ratna Singh said.

The three were detained from an aircraft shortly after it landed in Delhi on Saturday ahead of protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.

The Cockroach Janta Party political campaign and Left groups have called for fresh protests in Delhi on Sunday, a day after thousands of protesters, Opposition leaders, activists, lawyers and journalists were detained across the capital.

The campaign has also called for a protest in Mumbai at 4 pm.

The demonstrations were organised to demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Here’s more on this and other updates:

CJP to resume protests in Delhi, Mumbai

• The Cockroach Janta Party has called for another march to Jantar Mantar on Sunday, saying it will continue its agitation until its demands are met.
• The political campaign has also called for a protest in Mumbai at 4 pm, with demonstrators set to assemble near Shivaji Park.
• All India Students’ Association chief Neha Bora said that “another part of Delhi will become Jantar Mantar” on Sunday. She did not specify where the demonstrators would gather.

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