CJP schedules anti-SIR rally in Kochi for Nov. 7, with Dipke among attendees

The Confederation of Joint Parties (CJP) said it will hold an anti-SIR demonstration in Kochi on November 7. The rally will be attended by party officials Dipke, south-zone lead Vijay Mallangi and national secretary Aafreen Nawaz.

The event follows a series of arrests of CJP leaders in Delhi earlier this year. Dipke, along with Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, was detained for attempting an unsanctioned protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. After the government denotified Jantar Mantar as a protest site, Ranka and Das entered the area, displayed the national flag and were subsequently jailed for a week before being released on an undertaking not to organize further protests there.

Dipke, who had planned a flag-raising event at Central Park in Connaught Place, was also arrested and later released on conditional bail, which includes a one-year prohibition on actions that could breach peace. While CJP expressed support for the INDIA bloc's march in Delhi on November 1, it did not take part in the Rahul Gandhi-led rally at Ramlila Maidan.