Delhi Police de-notifies Jantar Mantar as protest site, names 3 new venues
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Security deployed near the Parliament Street police station amid the ongoing protest. Photograph: (ANI)
The decision followed recommendations from a committee set up by the Union Home Ministry to identify alternative venues where citizens could exercise their right to organise protests and demonstrations.
Delhi Police has specified three new sites in the national capital for holding protests and demonstrations – Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in east Delhi. Meanwhile, officials have de-notified Jantar Mantar as a protest site. The decision followed recommendations from a committee set up by the Union Home Ministry to identify alternative venues where citizens could exercise their right to organise protests and demonstrations.
Delhi Police announced that detailed and new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for organising demonstrations at the three designated sites will be issued differently. The move unfolded while Opposition parties, the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), and student organisations including the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) are planning to protest around Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
