Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke heckled at Delhi airport, responds with thumbs-up
Dipke, who also accused the Centre of jailing two party colleagues for hoisting the national flag at Jantar Mantar, appealed to supporters to gather at Connaught Place.
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Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), arrived at Delhi airport on Wednesday afternoon, October 14. As he came out of the airport, a man in the crowd shouted slogans against him and asked, "Are you ruining the country?"
The same man also alleged that Dipke was a CIA agent. Dipke smiled calmly, showed a thumbs-up and walked on.
Meanwhile, CJP colleagues Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who had been sent to five days in judicial custody, have returned to Delhi. They directly criticised the Central government and asked whether hoisting the tricolour had now become a crime in the country.
Dipke said Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das were sent to jail for five days only for going to Jantar Mantar and hoisting the national flag. He also said that freedom fighters who hoisted the tricolour in public places were arrested under British rule, and in this way he targeted the government.
A CJP protest was held in the Jantar Mantar area on October 12, 2026. The Central government then announced a decision to remove Jantar Mantar from the list of protest sites. On the morning of October 13, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurabh Das, along with CJP workers, entered through the gate of Jantar Mantar, hoisted the national flag and raised slogans. Police then took them into custody.
It is said that they have been accused of entering the Jantar Mantar premises without permission and of violating the conditions of the bail bond furnished a day earlier. They had earlier been granted bail on the condition of keeping the peace for one year.
Meanwhile, Dipke appealed to people to gather with national flags at Central Park in Connaught Place. He alleged that Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka were jailed only for hoisting the tricolour.
To those who cannot come to Delhi, Dipke said they should hold a "Tiranga March" in their own cities. He also expressed apprehension that he too could be arrested. "We will show that hoisting the tricolour is not a crime," Dipke wrote in a post on X.
