CEC protests updates: Abhijeet Dipke, AISA’s Neha Bora detained

Student leader Neha Bora and Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke were detained on Friday.

Bora was detained while participating in a flash protest by the All India Students’ Association near Barakhamba Road in central Delhi to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Dipke had been detained on his way to Connaught Place for the political campaign’s “Lehra Do Tiranga” demonstration scheduled for 5 pm. The demonstration to wave the national flag in central Delhi was announced as a response to the arrest of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde on Wednesday.

Protests against Kumar have been held in Delhi and other parts of the country since October 2 over concerns about the functioning of the Election Commission and its handling of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Against this backdrop, the Delhi Police denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site in the national capital, based on recommendations from a committee constituted by the Union home ministry.

Here’s more on the protests today:

Notice to Dipke

• Earlier in the day, the police served a notice to Dipke, ordering him not to hold a protest at Connaught Place, citing heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic at Connaught Place, reported IANS. The police said that a demonstration at such a location could “hamper emergency access”.

• The police...

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