Actor Ranvir Shorey has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the detention of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders ahead of their planned protest in Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. He argued that protesters should turn to the courts and democratic institutions rather than take to the streets. His remarks come amid criticism from several Bollywood actors, including Huma Qureshi , Sonakshi Sinha and Vijay Varma , over the authorities’ handling of the demonstration.
Reacting to the video, he wrote, “Show your numbers in Parliament and the ballot, not the streets! And if the way to those seems unjust, show the courts! That is the democratic way!
Hijacking the streets and holding the public infrastructure and law and order machinery to ransom is the actual “murder of democracy”! When an X user responded by saying that Ranvir did not know that the ‘CJI has been compromised as well’, the actor appeared to mock the claim, writing, “Ever-growing list: I am compromised, Other voters are compromised, Media is compromised, Parliament is compromised, PMO is compromised, CEC is compromised, SC is compromised…Only daphli banging, dubiously funded mobs of parties that didn’t win elections on the streets are believable.” On Sunday, Ranvir took to X and shared a video of CJP spokesperson Sourav Das appealing to citizens to take to the streets and not retreat.
