Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday raised questions over Delhi metro closure as he targeted the authorities for denying permission for protest in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park and at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
Follow latest updates on CJP’s Mumbai protest Dipke, who is in Mumbai for the CJP’ s protest seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, asked if protest at Shivaji Park is causing inconvenience to the public, what about the closure of metro stations in Delhi. Heavy police deployment was seen at Shivaji Park in Mumbai in view of the protest call. Ahead of the protest at Jantar Mantar called by the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced the closure of entry and exit facilities at 12 metro stations till further notice amid heightened security. The restrictions coincide with Gandhi Jayanti programmes at Rajghat and Vijay Ghat as the Delhi Traffic Police has enforced special arrangements in central Delhi from 5 am to 11 am, HT reported earlier. In Delhi, security was tightened in central Delhi after police denied permission for the proposed demonstration and imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
“Shivaji Park par protest karna public ke liye inconvenience hai toh Delhi me metro band karna kya hai,” Dipke wrote on X. Track latest updates on Jantar Mantar protest Police said they stopped AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh at North Avenue, preventing them from proceeding to the protest site.
