Abhijeet Dipke said if he is arrested, he ‘will come again and again and again’
Asked what he would do if he were to be arrested, the 31-year-old quipped, “I will come again and again and again.
“If Devendra Fadnavis can have a political rally at Shivaji Park, then we can protest as well,” Dipke asserted on Thursday, adding that protest is fundamentally an act of dissent and requires no permission. Taking “full responsibility” for any impending police action, he told reporters, “Mumbai Police is not Delhi Police. Separately, CJP’s co-convener Saurav Das said if protesters are thrown into jail, they would launch a “jail theek karo andolan”. “This govt can’t handle humour.”
Police had refused the nod, citing restrictions governing gatherings at the ground. “Did Mahatma Gandhi have permission to protest against the British? So I know it will go well. The gathering was also reminded of the outfit having been born out of satire. Asked why CJP did not approach the judiciary for police permission to protest, Dipke quoted a popular Bollywood dialogue to indicate that such a hearing would drag on: “Tareek pe tareek, tareek pe tareek. When asked what protective measures protesters should take against potential force, he recalled that those who had protested against the NEET paper leak in Delhi had responded to police brutality with memes.
Mumbai: Striking a defiant note, CJP chief Abhijeet Dipke declared that the outfit’s plan to launch a nationwide protest against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from Shivaji Park on Friday will go ahead as scheduled despite police refusing to grant permission for it.