Following the detention of thousands of people, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called for another round of protests in Delhi on Sunday (October 11, 2026) to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities. Leaders of youth and student organisations have vowed to continue their protest until all their demands are met.
CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were kept in detention for nearly 24 hours since they landed in Delhi, were released by the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station, the CJP’s legal head Ratna Singh said on Sunday morning (October 11, 2026).
The Supreme Court is hearing on Sunday (October 11, 2026) a petition against the indiscriminate detentions of leaders, former Chief Ministers, students, youths, journalists, lawyers, and others by the Delhi Police, against the rule of law and democratic dissent. The court is also, in the special session, hearing a contempt petition challenging the blanket shutdown of public transport, rail and Metro services designed to deter protesters converging at the national capital.
Nearly 2,500 protesters were detained across the capital on Saturday (October 10, 2026), the Delhi Police sources said. These were in addition to around 1,000 people picked up in preventive operations across Delhi overnight ahead of the protest day. The Office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner (OHCHR) said it was “concerned” by reports of “mass detentions” at the Delhi protests, a statement that the government rejected.
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