The Keralam wing of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has joined the protest in Delhi, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar by sending its volunteers to the national capital and organising solidarity events in the State. A group of around 20 CJP volunteers had left for Delhi from different parts of the State two days ago, according to the movement’s State leaders. They fear that members of the group could be among those detained.
“Our coordinators, volunteers and people who responded to our call on social media to join the protests are among those who have travelled to Delhi. Most of them are from Ernakulam,” Isha Mariyam Haris, a State coordinator of CJP, said. She said the team from Keralam have joined CJP volunteers from other States as per information received on Saturday even as over 3,000 protesters were detained by the Delhi police.
Ms. Haris, a student-turned-activist, said more volunteers could be travelling to Delhi to join the protests in the coming days. Some CJP supporters, meanwhile, alleged that they were under police radar since the earlier protests. “There has not been much of a coordinated effort to mobilise volunteers for the Delhi protests as such a move would draw the attention of the police. Many could have gone to the protests on their own,” a volunteer, who was instrumental in organising early meets of the movement in the State, said.
“Most of the CJP supporters are students who can’t afford to travel far and stay there for the protests. Also those who have attended the earlier CJP meets were getting calls from the police, asking about their plans. I received three calls in the past two days, claiming to be from the police. They wanted to know if I have gone to Delhi,” a Kochi-based techie, who has been a regular at CJP meets, said.
The CJP Keralam unit has planned a meet in solidarity with Delhi protestors in Kozhikode on Saturday.
Published – October 10, 2026 04:04 pm IST
