New Delhi: Police action was taken against the planned protest in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Saturday, October 10, 2026. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) stated that the demonstration was to go ahead without the leadership of the organisers who were detained.
Delhi Police arrested CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka as they landed in national capital, according to the account provided. The Police had not given permission for the demonstration.
AISA leader Neha Bora then announced that activists will start the protest at Dilli Haat again. Police, however, blocked the road and detained Bora and “other protesters/There is an account of Bora being detained with others protesting along a blocked road.
The CJP and other Left organisations organised the protest to upped the pressure on the Election Commission in the context of demands for Kumar as well as the revision of electoral rolls. A call has been made by the organisers for withdrawal of the call of the SIR exercise which has been a point of political contention.
The numbers of reported detentions have helped to fuel tensions around the planned march and have arisen the question as to whether the movement would carry on if its leaders were arrested. The policing measures have increased in the capital ahead of the protest.
The report also alleged that YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was picked up on a joint raid by Delhi and Gurugram police early on Saturday. According to the claim, Rathee was picked up from a house in the residential area of Gurugram and sent elsewhere by sources within the intelligence agencies. Details of the reported detention were not provided and whether it was for a reason was not noted.
Additional information which included information about the legal status of the detainees, the lawfulness of the police actions and the extent of the demonstration was not immediately obtainable in the information provided.