On Friday, the Cockroach Janata Party organized a protest at Shivaji Park in Mumbai (Photo credit: X/@CJP)
The activist’s reference to Delhi was to the CJP’s July 20 Parliament march, when thousands of protesters attempting to move from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament pushed through police barricades near Patel Chowk and Mandi House.
Calling the Mumbai Police “cute”, Dipke sought to draw parallels between the police response in Mumbai and the treatment meted out to the party’s supporters during its Jantar Mantar protest against Dharmendra Pradhan. But Mumbai Police is so cute, they offered tea and told me to go. Whereas in Delhi, DCP Sachin Sharma is a monster,” the activist said, adding, “DCP Sachin Sharma is Amit Shah’s General Dyer.
“Mumbai Police was ordered to pick me up. Heavy police deployment was put in place at the venue. Delhi Police used baton charges and tear gas shells to disperse the crowd, while police detained several protesters. In Mumbai, meanwhile, the protest proceeded amid heavy police deployment at Shivaji Park.
MUMBAI: As the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began its ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday, demanding chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, party chief Abhijeet Dipke contrasted the police response in Mumbai with the clashes and crackdown that marked the party’s Parliament march in Delhi in July this year.