Filmmakers and actors including Prakash Raj, Anurag Kashyap, and Vishal Dadlani criticized the heavy police crackdown on the Cockroach Janata Party's protest at Jantar Mantar.
Delhi Police and central forces deployed over 40,000 personnel and sealed roads around Jantar Mantar under Section 163 of the BNSS to prevent demonstrations.
Protest organizers and political figures, including Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, Pinarayi Vijayan, and Neha Bora, were detained by law enforcement.