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'Hands Off': CJP Opposes Jantar Mantar Protest Site Move
Some grown-ups in India like to gather at a special place in the capital city called Jantar Mantar to tell the government what they want.
People have been doing peaceful protests there for a very long time.
A group called the Cockroach Janta Party heard that Jantar Mantar might stop being a place where people can protest.
They did not like that idea at all.
Their spokesperson, Saurav Das, wrote on X, "HANDS OFF our Jantar Mantar!"
That means "don't take away our protest place!"
He asked leaders to tell people where they could protest peacefully instead.
He also said another famous place, India Gate, was already taken away for protests.
Peaceful protesting is an important right in India, and people want places to do it.
The party says it will not accept losing Jantar Mantar too.
CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das on Friday, August 7, opposed any move to take away Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.
In a post on X, Das wrote "HANDS OFF our Jantar Mantar!" and questioned where citizens could peacefully protest.
Das asked authorities whether India Gate would be designated as a venue for the fundamental right to peaceful protest.
He alleged India Gate had already been taken away as a protest venue and warned the party would not tolerate losing Jantar Mantar too.
Jantar Mantar has long been associated with public demonstrations in the national capital, amid concerns over access to designated protest spaces.
- Who
- CJP (Cockroach Janta Party) chief spokesperson Saurav Das
- What
- Opposed a move to remove Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and warned against restrictions on the right to peacefully protest
- Where
- Jantar Mantar, a long-standing protest venue in the national capital (New Delhi)
- When
- Friday, August 7
- Why
- To protect citizens' fundamental right to peacefully protest and access designated protest spaces
Key facts
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Spokesperson
- Saurav Das
- Date of remarks
- Friday, August 7
- Platform
- Post on X
- Key message
- "HANDS OFF our Jantar Mantar!"
- Protest site in question
- Jantar Mantar
- Referenced venue
- India Gate (alleged by Das to have been taken away as a protest venue)
- Context
- Concerns over access to designated protest spaces in the national capital
Quotes
Saurav Das
Chief spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party
“"HANDS OFF our Jantar Mantar!"”
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