SIR protest: Rahul Gandhi, Oppn leaders condemn CJP leaders' arrest | Above the Fold | Oct 14, 2026

By The Hindu

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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, have been remanded to five days of judicial custody after being arrested for allegedly entering Jantar Mantar, which Delhi Police had denotified as a designated protest site. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for a fresh protest at Delhi’s Central Park at 5 p.m. tomorrow. The arrests come amid continuing protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi condemned the arrests, saying that waving the Tricolour peacefully is not a crime. Also in focus: An exclusive report by The Hindu finds that Muslims were disproportionately flagged for logical discrepancies in Delhi’s draft electoral rolls; India’s wholesale price inflation rises to 11.39% in September, driven by higher food and manufactured goods prices; External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says India-U.S. trade negotiations are moving towards a “landing poi

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