Indian party spokesperson alleges arrests planned before Delhi protest

Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das has alleged that the government is planning to arrest him and other party leaders before a protest scheduled for October 10 in Delhi. Das said the planned demonstration at Jantar Mantar would demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. His allegation was made in a late-night post on Sunday.

He named party founder Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and other leaders as possible targets. Das said arrests would not stop the protest and called on supporters to maintain their mobilisation. Dipke separately criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asking how many people the government intended to arrest and saying the country would come to Delhi on October 10.

The source material does not provide independent confirmation of the alleged arrest plan or any response from the government. It identifies the claims as statements by CJP leaders. The allegations follow a CJP protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park over the same electoral-roll revision issue.

That demonstration was backed by the Shiv Sena (UBT), according to the source. The row also follows a report that two election commissioners had objected to aspects of the revision process 14 times over 10 months. The Election Commission rejected that report’s claims, saying differing views were a normal part of discussions and that all decisions were unanimous.

Several CJP leaders, including Ranka, were detained for 12 hours by Assam Police before a regional volunteers’ meeting last month. The party has also previously held a Delhi protest over the NEET paper leak.