At a Kochi protest, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke claimed India was more democratic under Manmohan Singh. He criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged dissent suppression, voter disenfranchisement and social media censorship. Abhijeet Dipke accused the Modi government of curbing dissent, calling the situation an “unofficial Emergency”. CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were remanded to five days of judicial.