CJ to organise anti-SIR protest in Kochi on 7 November

The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has announced that it will organise an anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) protest in Kochi, Kerala, on 7 November. The agitation will be held with the demand to cancel the process of revising the voter list. The party has named this protest “Jantar Mantar at Kochi”.

According to a post made by the CJP on the social media platform 'X', the protest will take place at Rajendra Maidan in Kochi at 4:00 PM. In the post, the party has made a call with slogans such as “Save Democracy! Cancel SIR! Join us - 7 November - 4 PM | Rajendra Maidan, Kochi”.

CJP founder Abhijit Deepak will be present at this protest. Along with him, the party's South Zone leader Vijay Mallangi and National Secretary Afrin Nawaz are also likely to participate in this anti-SIR protest. Through this organisation, CJP appears to be preparing to take to the streets once again, as its founder Abhijit Deepak had previously indicated a pause in agitations.

This protest is significant for CJP as its leaders were arrested at Jantar Mantar in Delhi while attempting to protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR process. Last month, Delhi Police detained CJP leaders, including Abhijit Deepak, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka, for attempting to protest at Jantar Mantar without permission.

The government had subsequently denotified the decision to declare Jantar Mantar as an official protest site. In protest against this decision, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka violated the rules regarding the protest site and hoisted the national flag. Following this incident, both leaders were arrested and remained in jail for one week. They were later released after giving an assurance before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) that they would not organise any further protests there until Jantar Mantar is declared a protest site.

Abhijit Deepak was also detained by the Delhi Police last month after announcing a 'Tiranga Event' at Central Park, Connaught Place. He was later released on conditional bail by the SEM. One of the main conditions was that he had to ensure no breach of peace occurred on his part during a period of one year.

Amidst the series of arrests and detentions of CJP leaders, Deepak also released an emotional video message on the occasion of Dussehra. In it, he requested CJP supporters to spend time with their families during the festival. He spoke about the difficulties faced by the families of those participating in the agitations and mentioned the absence of Das and Ranka, who were in judicial custody at that time. Deepak also acknowledged that the decision to join the agitation was that of the protesters, but their families had to bear the consequences. This message was seen as a signal that CJP might temporarily suspend protests after months of continuous agitation.

CJP supported the India Block's march in Delhi on 1 November, but the party did not participate in the rally at Ramlila Maidan led by Rahul Gandhi. On 13 October, party leaders were detained while attempting to protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, regarding which two workers appeared before the Delhi Crime Branch on Thursday and spoke of cooperating with the investigation.

CJP was founded in May and has been protesting on various issues since then. Its first major fight was to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET exam. Subsequently, in August, the party launched the 'School Thik Karo' campaign, which focused on issues such as poor schooling infrastructure and shortage of teachers. In late September, the party focused on the Election Commission and demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar due to alleged irregularities in the ongoing SIR process across the country.

CJP (Cockroach Janata Party) was established in May and has remained active by organising agitations on various social and political issues.