Delhi protest highlights: Delhi Police file FIR against CJP's Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das for Jantar Mantar breach

Delhi protest LIVE: AISA president Neha Bora announced a ‘Raj Bhavan march’ in Patna on Tuesday, which began at 11 am from Gate Number 10, Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Delhi protest LIVE: A petition filed in the Supreme Court has challenged restrictions on protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and the designation of alternative sites for public demonstrations, PTI news agency reported.

Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar's order on October 11 denotified Jantar Mantar and designated Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in East Delhi as the new venues for protests and demonstrations.

The plea raised concerns over the availability and suitability of designated protest venues in the national capital.

Delhi protest LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday spoke on the discrepancies pointed out by the Supreme Court on the INDIA bloc petition.

“The petition that has been filed mentions that the fee is short by ₹220, there are several errors, and there are facts about 14 documents mentioned in it. Well, it is possible. We have individual petitions in the names of Rahul Ji, Mallikarjun Kharge Ji, and all other India Bloc leaders. There might be some errors in it, which we will now rectify and repair,” Raut told ANI news agency.

Delhi protest LIVE: The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured petitioners, who have filed pleas raising issues related to protests in Delhi, that all their matters would be listed for hearing, PTI news agency reported.

“We will list all these matters. Make sure that the defects are cured,” CJI Surya Kant told senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who mentioned the matter.

Delhi protest LIVE: After CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Tuesday, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke asked if hoisting the Tricolour was “violation of the law.”

“Has hoisting the national flag become a violation of the law? Our team, led by Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde, went to Jantar Mantar this morning and waved the Tricolour there. Since when has waving the Tricolour become a violation of the law?” PTI news agency cited Dipke as saying.

“Strictest possible action should be taken against this, because how can you arrest someone for waving the national flag? What kind of country is this? What kind of rule is this? Since when has waving the Tricolour in our own country, India, become a violation of the law?” Dipke asked.

Das and Ranka had climbed over a gate and attempted to enter the Jantar Mantar, which was denotified as a protest site, on Tuesday. Thereafter, they were detained by the police.

Delhi protest LIVE: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday criticised the Opposition leaders, and accused them of “damaging the entire system.”

“These so-called Opposition leaders care about nothing and want to damage the entire system. The whole country is watching how they are harming the state,” PTI news agency cited Gupta as saying.

Delhi protest LIVE: A video showed CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka raising slogans after they attempted to enter Jantar Mantar on Tuesday. They were later detained by the Delhi Police.

Delhi protest LIVE: UP deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on Tuesday questioned the Opposition protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR. “They constantly raise false questions about constitutional institutions. When they form governments in states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab, they do not question the Election Commission. They are merely saving face; the public has already rejected them,” ANI news agency cited Pathak as saying.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP co-convenor Saurav Das on Tuesday said he, along with Ashutosh Ranka and others, had been taken to Jaffarpur Police Station after being detained.

Das, Ranka and other CJP leaders were detained after they attempted to enter the Jantar Mantar early on Tuesday, a day after it was denotified as a protest site.

Delhi protest LIVE: The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a plea seeking the framing and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to regulate protests, ANI news agency reported.

This came after a traders' body claimed protests in recent times had caused losses of around ₹2,000 crore, accordigng to the report. Senior advocate Sacchin Puri mentioned the matter before the bench headed by the Chief Justice, seeking an urgent hearing. He said two petitions, one filed by an advocate and another by a traders’ body, seek measures to regulate protests and prevent disruption to business activities and the functioning of courts.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday extended his “best wishes” to the INDIA bloc on its Monday march to the Supreme Court. “It was a very large and important protest. It is necessary for the entire country to unite and hold such protests, especially the INDIA bloc, as it is in the Opposition. Such protests will continue across the country until Gyanesh Kumar resigns,” PTI news agency cited Dipke as saying.

He added, “…The Supreme Court have recently said that law and order is not the responsibility of the court. What action have they taken against the Election Commission? They have taken no action at all. We saw what happened in Bengal after votes were deleted. What did they say? They said it was fine if people could not vote now; they could vote later. Will the Supreme Court tell Narendra Modi the same thing, that he should not contest the election this time and can contest the next time? If they cannot say that, then on what basis are they telling voters this?”

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leadr Vijay Reddy on Tuesday said Jantar Mantar “belongs to the public, it belongs to the country, and we have always demanded for us to be accommodated at Jantar Mantar to carry out a peaceful protest.”

“Rather, the Delhi Police on the orders given by Amit Shah have denied us that and then have given very arbitrary statement saying you should have applied 10 days before the protest day. Now, we have come to Parliament Street Police Station, we have given them a formal letter stating that you take 10 days if you need be, but then give us Jantar Mantar as our protest site and for which we are giving them a 24-hour deadline,” Reddy told PTI news agency.

“If they don't respond back to us within 24 hours, then we'll be forced to hit the streets again, then we'll be forced to give a nationwide call for people to march towards Jantar Mantar,” Reddy said.

Delhi protest LIVE: On leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi inviting Opposition leaders and activists to high tea at his residence, Sena (UBT) leader said they would decide the future course of action during the meet.

“The protest was successful. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, with people coming from across the country. Under Rahul ji’s leadership, we all took out a massive march to the Supreme Court. Petitions have been filed by so many people against the Election Commission, and we want them to be heard as soon as possible,” Raut told PTI news agency.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP co-convenor Saurav Das on Tuesday said Jantar Mantar had “been breached”. This came after CJP's Ashutosh Ranka and Das, along with others, attempted to enter Jantar Mantar, which had been denotified as a protest site on Monday.

Das shared a video from a bus, after Ranka and him were detained by the Delhi Police. The CJP leaders were heard chanting ‘Jai Bhim’ and other slogans.

Delhi protest LIVE: RJD national working president Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the Election Commission, asking why the poll body was reversing its earlier decisions.

"On whose behest did the Election Commission rig the elections, commit fraud, and perpetrate robbery? Now, why is the Election Commission, out of fear, reversing its own previous rules and decisions? If the Chief Election Commissioner, the thief Gyanesh Kumar, was right back then, why is he now backtracking from his own decisions? Either he was right then, or he is right now? These dacoits have looted the elections. They have murdered public trust and killed democracy,” Yadav said in a post on X.

Delhi protest LIVE: NDMC chairman Kuljeet Chahal, while participating in a cleanliness driver near Mandi House, criticised the Aam Aadmi Party, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and CJP.

“The Aam Aadmi Party, Rahul Gandhi and CJP have made it a daily agenda to harass New Delhi and its people. This is not a case of vote theft, friends. The people have rejected these political opportunists, and they are taking to the streets to save their lost political ground,” Chahal said, according to PTI news agency.

“When they win elections in Tamil Nadu, there is no SIR. When they win in Telangana, there is no SIR. When Rahul Gandhi himself wins other elections, there is no SIR at that time either. But when they lose elections and the people reject them and stand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda and the vision of a developed India, they take to the streets,” Chahal added.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke shared a video of co-convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das climbing a gate to try to enter the Jantar Mantar, before they were detained by the Delhi Police.

“Cockroaches with the Tiranga sneaked into Jantar Mantar early this morning before they were picked up by Delhi Police,” Dipke said in a post on X. “@AshutoshRanka, @SauravDassss, @AjinkyaCJP along with other team members have been detained,” he added.

Dipke further said, “You cannot denotify the resistance.”

Delhi protest LIVE: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday criticised who he referred to as the “vote chori gang”, claiming they could not produce form 7s “because they don't exist.”

"And where they do exist, they have a curious habit of mysteriously going up in smoke – like the 3,000 EVMs destroyed in a fire in West Bengal. The votes, the records, the mandate and the evidence – everything is stolen by the BJP," Khera alleged in a post on X.

Delhi protest LIVE: DCP Shahdara Rajendra Prasad Meena on Tuesday said the CBD Ground, which has been designated as a protest site after the denotification of Jantar Mantar, falls under the jurisdiction of Anand Vihar Police Station.

“This location is highly congested, surrounded by various malls and heavy traffic movement. Regarding protests or programs, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is currently being formulated in accordance with directives from Police Headquarters (PHQ), and necessary approvals or No Objection Certificates (NOCs) will be required,” Meena told ANI news agency.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday spoke about the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site. “Narendra Modi's fear is evident from the fact that he has removed Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. He thinks protests will stop if Jantar Mantar is no longer a designated protest site, but that is not going to happen,” Dipke told reporters, according to PTI news agency.

“Jantar Mantars will now emerge across the country. Narendra Modi's problem is not with Jantar Mantar as a location, but with protests. We must understand this,” he added.

Delhi protest LIVE: CJP co-convenor Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from Jantar Mantar early on Tuesday. Ranka had posted a video on X, captioned, “Hands Off Jantar Mantar!”

In the video, Ranka and others were seen climbing over one of the gates to the site and displaying the Tricolour, before they were detained by the cops.

Delhi protest LIVE: Two FIRs have been registered over the INDIA bloc's march to Supreme Court on Monday. One has been filed at Barakhamba road, while the other has been filed at Tilak Marg Police Station, PTI news agency reported.

Delhi protest LIVE: The Centre has extended the deployment of central armed police force (CAPF) personnel in Delhi until further orders amid a series of protests across the Capital, people aware of the matter said on Monday.

Around 110 companies, comprising nearly 11,000 personnel, were scheduled to leave on the night of October 12 after being deployed in Delhi on October 6 from across the country, including Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal.

“We have been told the forces will stay put in Delhi until further orders. This is due to the developing law and order situation across Delhi. The ministry is likely to issue an order tomorrow regarding the exact date until which they will remain here,” a person aware of the matter said.

Delhi protest LIVE: Delhi Police has sought an extension of the deployment of 273 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Delhi till October 20, PTI news agency reported.

The cops have cited the possibility of protests by the Cockroach Janta Party and other organisations, sources told PTI on Tuesday.

In a letter to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, police requested that the deployment, which was scheduled to end on Monday, be extended to maintain law and order and deal with any potential situation. "A total of 301 CAPF companies had been approved for deployment in Delhi, including 221 companies cleared on October 6 and another 80 on October 8," a source told PTI.

Delhi protest LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party in a post on X on Tuesday said, “CJP leaders visited Parliament Street Police Station to demand a date for a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar. In no time, the Modi Govt denotified it as a designated protest site!” They further questioned, “Why is the Govt so scared of people exercising their democratic rights?”