Cockroach Janta Party leaders offered vague responses regarding their future plans to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after appearing before a Special Executive Magistrate following their release from Tihar jail, while Left parties and student groups led a separate anti-CEC march toward the Election Commission of India that resulted in multiple detentions by the Delhi Police under Section 163 of the BNSS.

Cockroach Janta Party leaders offered vague responses regarding their future plans to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after appearing before a Special Executive Magistrate following their release from Tihar jail, while Left parties and student groups led a separate anti-CEC march toward the Election Commission of India that resulted in multiple detentions by the Delhi Police under Section 163 of the BNSS.

Cockroach Janta Party leaders offered vague responses regarding their future plans to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after appearing before a Special Executive Magistrate following their release from Tihar jail, while Left parties and student groups led a separate anti-CEC march toward the Election Commission of India that resulted in multiple detentions by the Delhi Police under Section 163 of the BNSS.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders on Friday offered a vague answer on how it would continue the protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

There was no mention of joining any future protests—especially the INDIA bloc's planned November 1 agitation over CEC Kumar's alleged electoral malpractices during the Special Electoral Revision (SIR) of voter rolls.

"As for our future plans, that is something everyone will decide collectively. It is not a decision to be taken by CJP alone. Many people are associated with this movement, and everyone will discuss and decide on the next course of action. Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation is inevitable," CJP leader Saurav Das told reporters.

"We are just trying to do our best. The movement will continue whether we are in jail or outside ... We will, of course, change and evolve as necessary," said CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka.

These comments came after Das and Ranka on Friday appeared before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) at the Mandir Marg Police Station just a day after they were released after spending a week under judicial custody in the Tihar jail, in connection with the Jantar Mantar trespassing case.

They also assured the SEM court that they would not commit any breach of peace or make any calls for protest at Jantar Mantar for as long as it remains de-notified in accordance with the law.

The Delhi Police had also been tasked with preparing a report on them ahead of the October 23 SEM hearing.

CJP head Abhijeet Dipke and All India Students Association (AISA) chief Neha Bora were also invited to join the October 23 anti-CEC protests, though the two have not yet accepted or declined this yet.

This comes as Left parties and student groups on Friday led an anti-CEC protest march towards the Election Commission of India (ECI), chanting slogans such as 'Gyanesh Kumar, resign', 'Halt SIR' and 'Won’t tolerate vote theft'.

More than 100 protesters were detained by the Delhi Police after the imposition of Section 163 of the BNSS in central Delhi.

The Tiranga march, called by a collective named the Delhi Coordination Committee of People Against SIR, began near Gole Dak Khana, at the intersection of Kalibari Marg and Bhai Vir Singh Marg.

Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) and the Students' Federation of India (SFI) had also supported the protest, after calls were made for activists, farmers, students, and more to join the protests.

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