Anti-CEC protest LIVE | CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke released by Delhi court after signing peace bond

The Delhi Police has granted permission to the Congress to hold a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1 and issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the event, a senior police officer said on October 17, 2026.

Updated - October 18, 2026 08:35 am IST

Security personnel keeping vigil at Election Commission of India while women representatives from AIDWA, SFI, KYS and other groups carried out a protest march against sexual harassment of women protestors and SIR, outside the Delhi Police Headquarters, New Delhi on October 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, who was placed under preventive arrest by the Delhi Police, was released by a Delhi court on Saturday (October 17, 2026) after signing a peace bond. Sporadic protests led by women activists continued for the eighth day against the Chief Election Commissioner and police action.

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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear academician and columnist Apporvanad Jha, who has submitted that equating the right of peaceful protest with a breach of peace is unwarranted and a ploy by the Central government and the Delhi Police to make preventive detentions.

Also read: The debate over immunity to CEC, ECs

In London, members of the Indian diaspora staged a counter-protest in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (October 16, 2026) (local time), opposing demonstrations by the Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and other like-minded groups outside the Indian High Commission.

Hundreds gathered at London’s Parliament Square for a “Stop Vote Chori” protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in India. Organised by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth Wing, the demonstration was met with a counter-protest by supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police kept the two groups apart as rival slogans echoed across the square.

The Delhi Police has allowed the Congress to hold a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1 and issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the event, a senior police officer said on Saturday (October 17, 2026).Delhi Police allows Congress to hold rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1Delhi Police grants NOC for Congress rally at Ramlila Maidan on Nov 1 amid INDIA bloc SIR row and call for "save democracy" marches.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, who was placed under preventive arrest by the Delhi Police, was released by a Delhi court on Saturday (October 17, 2026) after signing a peace bond, even as sporadic protests, led by women activists, continued for the eighth day against the Chief Election Commissioner and police action.Abhijeet Dipke released after signing peace bond, sporadic protests continueProtests against Delhi Police actions continue as Dipke and AISA chief Neha Bora are released, with women-led demonstrations demanding accountability.

Published - October 18, 2026 08:00 am IST

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