Priors
Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaks

Lathi charge

20 Jul 2026

In power
BJP — Delhi Police
Acted
Police, Delhi

Police used batons and canes on the march. The use of pellets is contested: Delhi Police denied using pellet guns, while The Hindu reported a hospital source who said one protester had pellet injuries, and the Hindustan Times reported a police general diary entry that recorded plastic pellets fired by the Rapid Action Force on a DCP's orders. [2][3][4][5][6][1]

Court: On 22 July the Delhi High Court asked the Union government and Delhi Police to respond to petitions alleging excessive force and directed that CCTV and video records of the march be preserved; the Additional Solicitor General said protesters had thrown stones. [7]

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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent lathi charge in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2019Anti-CAA protests and the Shaheen Bagh sit-in, December 2019 - March 2020In power: BJP — Delhi Police
  2. 2017Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, January 2017In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
  3. 2012December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protestsIn power: INC — Delhi Police

Sources

  1. 1Opposition MPs disrupt Indian parliament in support of Cockroach protestersAl Jazeera, 22 Jul 2026T5 SecondaryArchived 22 Jul 2026
  2. 2Tens of thousands of Cockroach movement protesters defy police with Delhi marchThe Guardian, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, 20 Jul 2026T4 Report
  3. 3Lathi charge, internet cut: How CJP's 'Chalo Sansad' March brought Delhi to a standstillHindustan Times, Hemani Bhandari and Priyanshu Priya, 20 Jul 2026T4 ReportArchived 20 Jul 2026
  4. 4Protesters march ahead, only to be met with lathis, tear gasThe Hindu, Shrimansi Kaushik, 21 Jul 2026T4 ReportArchived 21 Jul 2026
  5. 5Pellet guns, shock batons used against protesters in Delhi; police denyThe Hindu, Ashna Butani and Vijaita Singh, 21 Jul 2026T4 Report
  6. 6Two rounds of pellets used during July 20 CJP protest march on orders of DCP, show police recordsHindustan Times, Prawesh Lama, 29 Jul 2026T4 ReportArchived 29 Jul 2026
  7. 7Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply to claims of police brutality, excess force during Parliament marchThe Hindu, Soibam Rocky Singh, 22 Jul 2026T4 Report