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BJP: Delhi Police, Centre, Haryana, Maharashtra

In October 2026 the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), student groups and opposition parties held protests in New Delhi and Mumbai demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, which removed more than 130 million names. Protests grew after an Indian Express report that two election commissioners had questioned Kumar's decisions. Police denied permission for a 10 October Jantar Mantar rally; authorities sealed central Delhi, suspended mobile internet and detained CJP leaders and thousands of protesters. On 11 October the Supreme Court directed that no one be detained except under procedure established by law. Delhi Police then denotified Jantar Mantar as a protest site. The Election Commission denies wrongdoing.

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Closest precedents: India Against Corruption fast and Anna Hazare arrest, JP movement and the Emergency, 1975-1977, December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protests

BJP: Delhi Police, Centre

After the NEET-UG 2026 medical entrance paper leaked and the May exam was annulled, the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) held protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi from June 2026 to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and exam reform. Sonam Wangchuk began a hunger strike on 28 June. On 20 July a march toward Parliament met tear gas and batons, and opposition leaders were detained on 21 July. Pradhan resigned on 25 July and the CJP called off the protests after talks with Union ministers.

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Closest precedents: Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022, December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protests, Anti-reservation protests (Youth for Equality), 2006