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AISA president Neha Bora released on Oct. 17; Stalin, Mamata Banerjee, and Arvind Kejriwal condemn the CJP founder's detention

Updated - October 17, 2026 07:57 am IST

Screengrab taken from YouTube shows AISA president Beha Bora speaking to reporters after being released on October 17, 2026.

All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora was released early on Saturday (October 17, 2026) morning, while Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke will be produced before the SEM court, Delhi Police said.

On October 16, 2026, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke and AISA chief Neha Bora were preventively detained by Delhi Police while on their way to participate in the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protests. Ms. Bora was subsequently released after formal procedures under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act, while action under Section 126/170 of the BNSS was initiated against Mr. Dipke, who will be produced before the SEM court, Delhi Police said.

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Several groups of protesters and activists holding national flags converged near the Central Park in Connaught Place for the ‘ Lehra Do Tiranga’ (wave the tricolour) march on Friday. The crowd swelled through the evening as more protesters, activists, and student groups joined the march with national flags.

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Meanwhile, various farmers’ organisations, under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), will march to Delhi on October 23 demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The anguish, anger and responsibility of the youth of the country will change the regime, actor and activist Prakash Raj said here on Friday (October 16, 2026). He urged the youth to keep their fight going with a smile, “because our smile, our laughter is our resilience.”

Mr. Prakash Raj was addressing a packed audience at the Manaveeyam Veedhi in the State capital, which had transformed into a protest zone on Friday evening, raising the slogans “Stop Special Intensive Revision (SIR)” and “Dismiss (Chief Election Commissioner) Gyanesh Kumar.” The event, Jantar Mantar@ Manaveeyam Veedhi, was organised by Collective for Democracy.

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More than 99% of hearings on notices issued under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have been completed across Karnataka, with only 19,365 hearings pending, the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office said on Friday.

Kalaburagi has the highest number of pending hearings at 8,224, followed by Bengaluru Rural at 1,523. Gadag has the fewest, with 10 hearings pending.

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Six US Democratic lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, have urged U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to raise with his Indian interlocutors the alleged excessive use of force during student protests in Delhi and other parts of India.

The congresspersons – Jayapal, Omar, Jim McGovern, Rashida Tlaib, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Jesus Garcia – accused the Indian Embassy here and consulates in other American cities of deploying photographers for surveillance of protesters carrying out demonstrations in support of the Cockroach Janata Party.

Mr. Rubio is visiting India next week and meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Mumbai.

“We write with concern regarding a pattern of repression, wrongful detention, and excessive use of force by security forces during student protests in Delhi and other localities across India,” the congresspersons said in a letter to Mr. Rubio on Friday (October 16, 2026). -- PTI

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke was detained by the police as heavy security was deployed in Connaught Place on Friday (October 16, 2026) ahead of the ‘ Lehra Do Tiranga‘ (wave the tricolour) protest to prevent a large gathering. Central Park, the announced venue for the protest, remained out of bounds.

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