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Court Extends CJP Leaders’ Custody by Two Days

By Drooid · Oct 19, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Police extended custody of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das by two days on Oct 19.
A New Delhi court granted bail to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Oct 17 after his arrest.
CJP, opposition parties and students have held near-daily rallies demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Election Commission said the Special Intensive Revision removed over 130 million voters, citing deceased, relocated or duplicate entries, and denied bias.

History

Historical Context

Voter-list purges have long sparked controversy. In the United States, Kansas officials bragged in 2007 that they had caged more voters in the past 11 months than in the prior two years, and a 2008 Republican mail-er campaign targeting five Florida counties provoked ACLU lawsuits over inaccurate voter-ID numbers. These episodes show persistent legal challenges to roll-maintenance.

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Story summary

Police extended custody of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das by two days on Oct 19.
A New Delhi court granted bail to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Oct 17 after his arrest.
CJP, opposition parties and students have held near-daily rallies demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Election Commission said the Special Intensive Revision removed over 130 million voters, citing deceased, relocated or duplicate entries, and denied bias.

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