CJP protest against CEC Live: To hold fresh protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday

Addressing a press conference after Saturday’s police action, Shinde said the outfit would not retreat despite the detentions.

“As many people as you detain, we will not go back till Gyanesh Kumar, who is the biggest traitor and anti-national, resigns. We will head to Jantar Mantar again at 10 am on Sunday,” he said.

“Come to Jantar Mantar in large numbers, and protest wherever Delhi Police stop you,” he said.

New Delhi: Four journalists’ organisations, including the Press Club of India (PCI) and the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC), condemned the detention and harassment of several journalists covering protests in the national capital demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, the organisations highlighted that police detained several journalists despite their displaying press identity cards, and seized the phones and equipment of some reporters. The statement was issued by the PCI, IWPC, Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (Delhi unit). PTI

New Delhi: Extraordinary security arrangements will remain in place across Delhi for the second consecutive day on Sunday, with over 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel to be deployed as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) announced that its protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would continue. PTI

New Delhi: CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka, Sourav Das placed under preventive arrest; to be produced before Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station: Officials. PTI