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CJP Accuses Modi, Shah of Protecting Election Chief Amid Protests
Three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party spoke to reporters after being released from detention.
They had been detained after arriving in Delhi for protests.
The planned protests were about alleged problems with a review of voter lists.
The leaders accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of protecting election chief Gyanesh Kumar.
Saurav Das said the government was suppressing peaceful protests.
He urged young people to hold peaceful demonstrations in their own cities.
A court said the three leaders could leave detention if they did not breach the peace for one year.
The party and student groups also called for more protests in Delhi and Mumbai.
Cockroach Janta Party leaders accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of shielding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The accusations came at the leaders’ first press conference after their release from detention.
Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka had been detained after arriving at Delhi Airport ahead of protests over alleged electoral-roll revision irregularities.
A Delhi court ordered the three released on condition that they not breach the peace for one year.
The CJP and student groups affiliated with Left parties called for fresh protests in Delhi and Mumbai.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, and the party and affiliated student groups.
- What
- The leaders accused the government of shielding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while groups called for further protests.
- Where
- Delhi; a further protest was also called in Mumbai.
- When
- Sunday, after the three leaders were released from detention; protests had also taken place on Saturday.
- Why
- The protests called for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
Key facts
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Detained leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
- Election official
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Court condition
- The three leaders were ordered released on condition that they not breach the peace for one year.
- Protest locations
- Fresh protests were called for in Delhi and Mumbai.
- Mumbai protest time
- 4 pm
- Protest issue
- Alleged irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls
Quotes
Saurav Das
Cockroach Janta Party leader
“The state is at war with its own citizens.”
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