Group pf people confronted members of the CJP and objected to the planned protest on October 2 (Photo credit: X)
MUMBAI: Dramatic scenes unfolded at Shivaji Park on Tuesday as a group of people confronted members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and forced them to leave the area, objecting to the outfit’s proposed protest on October 2 against the Election Commission and chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The confrontation came amid the CJP’s plans to hold a protest at Shivaji Park on October 2 over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged irregularities in the exercise. In the run-up to the October 2 protest, we were just speaking to some media persons at Shivaji Park. Confrontation comes two days after Mumbai Police denied permission for the CJP’s October 2 protest at Shivaji Park.
Pranav Ahire, a CJP member who was present at the spot, said the outfit was unsure whether the people who confronted them were local residents or had been “planted” there by someone. Our national team will address the issue soon,” Ahire said. The BJP Mumbai unit, in a post on X, said, “We stand firmly with the local residents.
“We are not sure if they are regular residents of Shivaji Park or if they have been planted there by somebody. Police also cited the absence of mandatory permission from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for use of the ground.
