Bengaluru police block CJP's Tiranga March, cite HC order on protests

Bengaluru, Oct 16 (UNI) Bengaluru police have denied permission to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to take out a Tiranga March from Town Hall to the Quit India Memorial near Mysuru Bank Circle, invoking restrictions on public demonstrations and citing a Karnataka High Court directive limiting protests to designated venues. The decision has brought the spotlight back on the restrictions governing public demonstrations in Bengaluru, with the organisers maintaining that their proposed march was a peaceful expression of patriotism and not a conventional protest. The march, scheduled for 4 pm on Friday, was expected to draw 200 to 300 participants.…