‘Heads are rolling’: AAP hyperlinks Anurag Kumar’s appointment as Delhi Police Commissioner to CJP protest
Aam Aadmi Celebration chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday alleged a connection between the sudden appointment of Anurag Kumar as Delhi’s new police commissioner and the Cockroach Janta Celebration protest underway at Jantar Mantar.
The previous intelligence bureau particular director changed Satish Golchawho has been main the Delhi Police since August 22, 2025. Golcha had taken cost of the publish after the elimination of then Delhi Police Commissioner SBK Singh on August 22 final 12 months.
Bharadwaj stated “heads are rolling”, highlighting Golcha’s elimination from the publish. He additional claimed that the Centre was “panicking” over the CJP’s July 20 march to Parliament, on the primary day of the monsoon session.
The AAP chief cited a information report by the Indian Categorical, which quoted sources as saying that the appointment of the brand new police chief was, amongst different causes, owing to the considerations over the dealing with of the CJP protest.
‘Large natural tsunami of assist….’
In his publish on social media platform X, Bharadwaj countered these he stated had been claiming CJP is “BJP’s B-team”, including the protest got here as a “whole blindspot for police intel.”
“All you keyboard warriors screaming “CJP is BJP’s B-Workforce” — HOLD THE PHONE! The Centre NEVER noticed this coming! That huge natural tsunami of floor assist for the CJP protest? TOTAL BLINDSPOT for police intel! And BOOM — heads are rolling!,” the AAP chief stated. He alleged that Golcha had been given “probably the most unceremonious boot”.
“Now they’re PANICKING over the HUGE July twentieth march to the Parliament… that is why this frantic switch and “be a part of instantly” order for the brand new commissioner!” Bharadwaj stated, including that individuals wouldn’t “consider what’s subsequent” and urging them to “keep tuned.”
Anurag Kumar returns to mum or dad cadre; Wangchuk’s quick enters Day 20
Kumar, a 1994-batch IPS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, is changing Golcha mere 9 months earlier than his scheduled retirement. Kumar, who’s returning to his mum or dad cadre, took cost of the publish round midday on the Delhi Police headquarters on Jai Singh Highway.
An order issued on Friday morning by Rakesh Kumar Singh, beneath secretary to the Authorities of India, stated Kumar had been appointed “with the approval of the Competent Authority” and “with impact from the date of assumption of cost and till additional orders.”
In the meantime, activist Sonam Wangchuk accomplished 20 days of his indefinite quick at Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of union training minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper leaks.
Addressing supporters on the protest website on Friday, Wangchuk stated he would “keep alive until July 20 at any value.” “We’d like this vitality for July 20, after we will take out a peaceable march to Parliament. We’ll go collectively and current our plea within the temple of democracy,” he stated.
