Delhi Police moved to detain two activists — Abhijeet Dipke, who heads CJP, and Neha Bora, holding the presidency of AISA — before the pair's planned 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march through Connaught Place had a chance to begin. Dipke was taken into custody at his residence, while Neha Bora — part of a group of AISA members making their way on foot from Mandi House — faced the same outcome.

Following the detention of CJP spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das on 13 October, Dipke had put forward a proposal for a Tiranga Yatra to take place. The two — Ranka and Das — had been taken into custody on the morning of 13 October following an act of hoisting the national flag at Jantar Mantar.

People attending the Tiranga March proceeded with the event even though those who had organised it were not present. A large group of people converged on the inner circle of Connaught Place within a matter of minutes, raising a flag the size of a wall and moving through the area in a procession.

Carrying the national flag, Puneet Gupta — a man with no ties to any political party or group — made his way to Rajiv Chowk in Connaught Place. Gupta, who had arranged for a large flag to be brought to the march, explained that the occasion seemed to call for one.

As dusk settled in, a crowd took shape outside Rajiv Chowk Metro station's Gate No. 6, drawn there after access to Central Park had been shut off. Flags and placards moved through the crowd, with the national banner outnumbering the signs by a wide margin.

At the metro station, Gupta lifted a national flag aloft, with onlookers around him taking hold of it as well. He then posed a verbal question about why no complaint had been lodged against Gyanesh Kumar, and went on to say that those who speak of the nation's worth ought to see its flag displayed with dignity at the country's heart. Gupta noted that the matter continuing to require attention was itself the underlying concern.

Three individuals — Palak, Radhika, and Ritika — had made their way from Kanpur a day before. Having travelled to Delhi for unrelated reasons, those individuals opted to take part in the demonstration, carrying the national flag.

Radhika, one of the 18-year-old women positioned at the centre of the gathering and surrounded by media personnel while holding the national flag, expressed that the flag represented a source of pride worth dying for. All three had taken part in the July demonstration against then-education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Radhika questioned whether hoisting the national flag could reasonably be treated as an offence, directing that query at Prime Minister Modi. She went on to state that female demonstrators had been physically handled with force, subjected to beatings, and had legal charges brought against them — treatment she described as unacceptable.

Devanshi Lamba, a student at Delhi University, clarified that her presence there carried no party affiliation, adding that word had spread among people that the Tricolour would be raised at Central Park. The identity of any individual or group responsible for bringing the flag to that location remains unclear, as does the question of whether any delay took place.

Lamba stated that she had travelled to Connaught Place to protect the standing and integrity of the Tricolour, adding that the flag's failure to arrive at its intended destination — despite the location being in the nation's own capital — had prompted her group to bring it there on their own. Lamba also questioned what the notion of freedom actually referred to in this context.

Near the metro station entrance, a portion of the demonstrators took up positions alongside RAF and CRPF personnel who had been deployed to guard the gates of Central Park. Formed as a student body, KYS added its presence to the demonstration at a later point.

Completing two full loops around the inner circle, the procession eventually gathered at one of Central Park's gates. Officers stationed at the location moved in to break up the crowd. The chant "Jai Bhim" was heard persistently over the surrounding noise.

Pawan Gupta, whose roots lay in Badaun, a town within Uttar Pradesh, was 29 years old. He contended that opposition to state actions could draw its legitimacy from the Ambedkarite tradition, adding through a collective statement that democratic gains owed their existence to the foundational work of Babasaheb. Gupta explained that invoking the slogan "Jai Bhim" serves as the community's response whenever the government moves to curtail their rights.