India, Oct. 9 -- Nearly two dozen North Central Railway (NCR), Northern Railway (NR), and North Eastern Railway (NER) trains originating from various Uttar Pradesh cities and connecting the state to Delhi have been cancelled ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday.

These include prominent trains such as Shatabdi and Tejas. However, the Railways has not cited the proposed protest as the reason for cancelling such a large number of trains.

The NCR cancelled over 20 mail, express, and passenger trains for two days- October 9 and 10- following a traffic advisory warning of heavy traffic congestion and road jams around New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin rail...