Delhi protest LIVE: Dipke urges political parties, youth, farmer unions, student bodies to join ‘Tiranga March’ tomorrow
Here's the latest protest news from across India:
Abhijeet Dipke, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder and National Convenor, along with Neha Bora (AISA) , Prakash Raj, Star and Activist during a press conference at Press Club of India. SC Delhi protest hearing LIVE: Amid tensions in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Thursday heard a series of petitions concerning the Opposition’s challenge to the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and alleged police excesses, mass detentions and harassment of journalists and lawyers during anti-CEC protests in Delhi last week. ...Read More
Adding to this, Key takeaways from the Supreme Court hearing: SIR challenge: Notices issued on petitions challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision exercise. Jantar Mantar: Government asked to clarify the decision to denotify the designated protest site. Journalists’ safety: Court termed molestation allegations against police “very serious” and considered a committee headed by a retired woman judge. Protection from coercive action: Relief granted to a woman journalist booked under the SC/ST Act. Preservation of evidence: Court directed authorities to preserve CCTV footage and other digital material. Alleged police excesses against lawyers: Notices issued on petitions alleging assaults and illegal detention of lawyers. CJP's press conference CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of bringing Delhi to a standstill to “protect” Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Addressing a press conference, he claimed that railway and Metro services had been shut down and Delhi had been turned into a “India-Pakistan border.” Furthermore, Dipke on Wednesday called for a ‘Tiranga March’ at Connaught Place's Central Park on Friday. The march comes in response to the jailing of co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. Ahead of the march, Delhi Police informed the Delhi High Court that all possible measures under the law would be taken against the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s call for supporters to gather with the national flag at Central Park on Friday. Anti-CEC protests in Delhi | Key developments - CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for a Tiranga march in Connaught Place's Central Park. Dipke's call comes after his co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were remanded to five-days judicial custody in Delhi's Tihar Jail. -Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, co-convenors of the CJP, were jailed on Wednesday after their “preventive arrest.” The duo, along with 12 other CJP leaders, were detained on Tuesday morning after they breached Jantar Mantar and unfurled the tricolour, days after the site was de-notified as a protest venue. -Produced before a special executive magistrate on Wednesday morning, cops shared that they have a presumption that Das and Ranka “may commit a crime” if they are let go, leading to their preventive arrest and judicial custody. -Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi also showed support for CJP and condemned the jailing of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. Several other Opposition leaders also backed the pressure group. -Mumbai police has also issued a notice to Bollywood star Imran Khan, asking him to leave India by October 28 over his participation in the anti-CEC stir in Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, Delhi protest LIVE: The government on Thursday clarified that the Union Home Secretary’s affidavit before the Supreme Court, in response to a contempt notice, should not be interpreted as an unconditional apology.
Notably, It shared that beginning the affidavit with an unconditional apology is a mandatory practice in contempt proceedings, followed by the presentation of facts and arguments.
As per the latest buzz, "Some media organisations report that the Union Home Secretary has tendered an unconditional apology to the Honourable Supreme Court in response to a contempt notice. In this regard, this is to state:
In further updates, Whenever a contempt notice is issued by the Honourable Supreme Court, it is required that the party responding to the notice must begin their affidavit with an unconditional apology. Only thereafter all other facts and arguments are presented. This is mandatorily followed in every contempt petition."
On top of that, The government added that the affidavits filed by the Home Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner and other officials followed this procedure and maintained that all actions taken by the government and police were lawful, with no case of contempt made out.
Delhi protest LIVE: Chaos erupted during a press conference addressed by AISA president Neha Bora and CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke at the Press Club of India on Thursday.
Source: Hindustan Times