Updated on: Oct 16, 2026, 14:27:09 IST By Paras Singh Prefer HTon Google Share via Copy link Delhi Police said it is planning to block all entries to Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the proposed Tiranga march by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, while allowing traffic and pedestrian movement in the inner and outer circles of CP.
Police personnel gather near Palika Bazar ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) 'Lehra Do Tiranga' rally, at Connaught Place in Delhi, Friday (PTI) A police team has also visited Dipke's place of stay to verbally inform him about prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), in force in the New Delhi area, and urge him to call off the march and maintain peace and law and order.
CJP livestreamed the tense exchange between Dipke and Delhi Police personnel, in which the former can be heard asking an officer how unfolding the Tricolour is unlawful.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paras Singh Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor.
He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life.
He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure.
Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court.
A graduate of St.
Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi.
