Delhi Police asks Abhijeet Dipke to call off Tiranga march, plans Central Park blockade to allow traffic movement

CJP livestreamed the tense exchange between Abhijeet Dipke and Delhi Police personnel over the former's plan to hold ‘Lehra Do Tiranga' rally in CP. Delhi Police said it is planning to block all entries to Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the proposed Tiranga march by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, while allowing traffic and pedestrian movement in the inner and outer circles of CP.Police personnel gather near Palika Bazar ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) 'Lehra Do Tiranga' rally, at Connaught Place in Delhi, Friday (PTI)A police team has also visited Dipke's place of stay to verbally inform him about prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), in force in the New Delhi area, and urge him to call off the march and maintain peace and law and order.CJP livestreamed the tense exchange between Dipke and Delhi Police personnel, in which the former can be heard asking an officer how unfolding the Tricolour is unlawful.Abhijeet Dipke proposed “Lehra Do Tiranga” protest march to CP's Central Park on Wednesday amid the standoff with authorities over the arrest of two spokespersons of CJP - Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka - for Jantar Mantar trespass.Saurav Das and its Ashutosh Ranka were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday morning after entering Jantar Mantar by jumping the locked gates, a day after the site lost its designated protest venue status.Das and Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody on Wednesday, after which Dipke, who landed in Delhi from Maharashtra that day, announced the plan to march to Central Park in protest over the allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and also as a symbolic stand against denotification of the iconic Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor. He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life. He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure. Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. A graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Having extensively covered the capital's evolving civic and governance landscape, his recent work increasingly explores Delhi's history, built heritage, urban evolution and the relationship between people and place, alongside continuing to report on governance and public policy.Read MoreGet Latest News, breaking headlines, and top India News, and today real-time updates from across the nation. Stay informed on politics, government policies, crime, Today Weather, and major developments on Hindustan Times