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- June 06, 2026 08:06Dipke heads to Sansad Marg police station to seek permission for protest
After landing in Delhi, Abhijeet Dipke is headed to Sansad Marg police station to seek permission for a protest demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation shortly.
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- June 06, 2026 08:03Watch | Latest visuals from Jantar Mantar
Latest visuals from Jantar Mantar show heightened security measures in the area.
- June 06, 2026 07:58Have to lead this movement with love and peace: Abhijeet Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party’s founder Abhijeet Dipke landed in Delhi a short while ago, and took to posting on X, ahead of the planned protest.
“Looking forward to meet you all at Jantar Mantar. Do not forget to carry a book and our Tiranga!” he said.
- June 06, 2026 07:52Security stepped up across Delhi
Security was intensified across Delhi on Saturday (June 6, 2026), with police deploying additional personnel at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, border entry points, and other sensitive locations ahead of a proposed protest call by the digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), officials said.
Police teams have also been deployed at key intersections, marketplaces, and other sensitive locations to maintain law and order, they said.
Multiple layers of barricades have been put up outside the international airport precinct as part of heightened security measures, while vehicle-checking drives have been intensified at border points and on major routes leading to central Delhi, officials said.
- PTI
- June 06, 2026 07:26CJP's protest should not go off track, feel friends and acquaintances of its founder Dipke
Ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s proposed protest in Delhi on June 6, party founder Abhijeet Dipke’s friends and acquaintances here feel the agitation called by him is for a serious cause and it should not go off track.
They also want the government to cooperate with the protesters.
Talking about Mr. Dipke’s proposed agitation, his friend Usman Shaikh from Santuk Pimpri village said he wants the protest to pass off peacefully.
‘’Although Abhijeet did not live in the village much, we used to spend time together whenever he came here during vacations. He has called for an agitation for a cause. As a friend, I expect that the agitation should go off peacefully and the government should also co-operate,” he told PTI.
Vijay Puri, sarpanch of Santuk Pimpri village and a relative of Dipke, said the agitation is undertaken for the issues that have affected the people nationwide.
- PTI
- June 06, 2026 07:25Watch | Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar in Delhi
Ahead of the planned protest, Delhi police has beefed up security arrangements in an around the Jantar Mantar area in Delhi:
- June 06, 2026 07:23Delhi Police says CJP sought no protest permission, deploys 1,000 personnel
The Delhi Police has not received any request for permission from digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) regarding its proposed protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday (June 6, 2026), even as more than 1,000 police personnel have been deployed in New Delhi, an official said.
“We will examine their request if and when they seek permission,” a senior police officer told PTI.
Police sources said they learnt about the proposed protest primarily through social media posts and messages circulating online, and added that they have yet to receive any formal communication from the Abhijeet Dipke-led outfit.
Police said they are closely monitoring the situation and making preliminary security arrangements in view of the proposed gathering.
- PTI
Published - June 06, 2026 07:21 am IST
