The Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) proposed anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) protest in Kochi comes amid a series of confrontations between the party's leaders and Delhi Police over restrictions on demonstrations at Jantar Mantar.

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In October, Delhi Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, along with party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, while they tried to stage a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar without prior permission.

The confrontation intensified after the government denotified Jantar Mantar as an authorised protest venue.

Objecting to the decision, CJP leaders Das and Ranka entered the barricaded protest site before being released from detention and waved the national flag in defiance.

The developments have since added another dimension to the party's campaign against the SIR exercise, which it wants scrapped.

Against this backdrop, the CJP on Thursday announced a fresh demonstration in Kerala's Kochi on November 7.

Titled ‘Save Democracy! Cancel SIR!’, the protest will be held at Rajendra Maidan from 4 pm, the party announced in a post on X.

The Kochi demonstration is part of the party's ongoing opposition to the voter roll revision exercise and its demand that it be canceled.