Dipke, Dhruv Rathee, Mamata, Pinarayi Vijayan: Key leaders, CJP face detention on protest day | Full list

CJP's Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from their plane upon landing at Delhi Airport. 

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Several leaders from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the Opposition were detained by the Delhi Police ahead of their arrival at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to participate in the protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

CJP's ley faces including founder and convener Abhijeet Dipke, co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from inside the plane upon landing at the Delhi airport. Track CJP protest LIVE

Meanwhile, CPI(M) Keralam said on X that party leaders including MA Baby, Pinarayi Vijayan, MV Govindan Master, A Vijayaraghavan KK Shailaja, John Brittas MP, KN Balagopal, Brinda Karat and PK Sreemathi were detained upon arriving at Jantar Mantar.

List of CJP faces, political leaders detained ahead of Jantar Mantar Protest so far -

1. Abhijeet Dipke
2. Saurav Das
3. Ashutosh Ranka
4. Ratna Singh
5. MA Baby
6. Pinarayi Vijayan
7. MV Govindan Master
8. A Vijayaraghavan
9. KK Shailaja
10. John Brittas
11. KN Balagopal
12. Brinda Karat
13. PK Sreemathi
14. Tushar Gandhi (great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) detained in Mumbai
15. Manish Sisodia detained in Chandigarh

40,000 cops deployed in Delhi

With a massive gathering expected on Saturday, the Capital has been turned into a fortress, with more than 40,000 Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel deployed to prevent protesters from converging on Jantar Mantar for a demonstration called by the CJP against CEC over alleged electoral roll irregularities.

Jantar Mantar, the intended focal point of the protest, has been sealed off even to media personnel. The connecting roads were also barricaded and manned by security forces, with loudspeakers at three key entry-exit points broadcasting warnings in Hindi and English against gatherings, processions, road blockades and other prohibited activities under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

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