Cockroach Janata Party ( CJP ) leaders on Monday gave the Delhi Police 24 hours to provide a date for holding a protest, warning that the party would announce its next course of action if no response came within the deadline.
Around half an hour after the visit, the Delhi Police released the order of denotifying Jantar Mantar as a site of protest. They are waging a war against the citizens who are simply demanding their voting rights. There are protests now happening all across India.
Co-convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das entered the Parliament Street police station to press for a date while the CJP team arrived at 11.30am to submit a memorandum. “The ball is now in Delhi Police’s court…we have given them 24-hour ultimatum to give us a date and time when protest can be held at designated protest site. Why can’t they call youth of this country for talks,” Das said, after leaving the police station at around 12.30pm. The Delhi Police had denied permission for CJP’s proposed October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar, citing the short notice given by the organisers, alleged violations during previous demonstrations and concerns over public safety, traffic and law and order.
Ranka said that DCP Sachin Sharma who would call them a dozen times to meet during the previous Jantar Mantar protest simply left and refused to meet them. “Additional DCP also left…there are no senior officials to meet us.. suddenly the whole Parliament Street police station seems to have been vacated,” he added.
