CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Detained Ahead of ‘Tiranga Assembly’ at Connaught Place

The detention came hours after Delhi Police issued two notices to Dipke, asking him to refrain from holding the gathering. The police said the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had not granted permission for the event and that prohibitory orders were in force at the venue. Officials warned that legal action could follow any violation of the orders.

According to officials, the New Delhi district authorities issued one notice under the Delhi Police Act, directing people not to visit Central Park while prohibitory restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) remained in force.

South West Delhi authorities issued a second notice. It referred to the earlier preventive detention of Dipke and CJP co-conveners Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das at the airport, following which they were produced before a court and bound down under a legal undertaking.

The notice referred to a court directive requiring the three leaders to refrain from causing public disturbance for one year.

Earlier on Friday, Dipke defended the party’s protests, arguing that peaceful demonstrations were a democratic right. He accused the government of restricting citizens’ freedoms and disrupting business activities through shutdowns, internet suspensions and movement restrictions.

In a post on X, Dipke said demanding government accountability, protesting against injustice and questioning elected representatives should not be characterised as anarchy. He maintained that the party remained committed to Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of peace and non-violence despite what he described as attempts to provoke its members.

“Businesses do not suffer because of peaceful protests. They suffer when the govt decides to shut down an entire city, suspend Internet services, restrict the movement of its own citizens and turn the city into a war zone,” he wrote.

Dipke also said the CJP had organised peaceful demonstrations in several cities, including Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Nagpur, and reiterated the party’s commitment to non-violent protest.