The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced that it would be continuing its agitational activities across the country over the NEET paper leak issue, saying that the Centre has breached its promise to drop police cases and stop police action against protesters after the end of its month-long agitation.
Soon after the CJP reportedly canceled its 37-day protest at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi owing to the resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan from his post, the alert has been issued. Union ministers JP Nadda, Jitendra Singh met protesters and others and they were told that they would not take action against them further and the protest was later withdrawn.
A statement made by the CJP spokesman, Ashutosh Ranka through its social media called X, stated that the agreement had been breached. He said that the arrest of hundreds of students in Bihar and West Bengal was underway and volunteers and protesters in other states, including the national capital of Delhi, were being monitored, detained and harassed.
Ranka wanted the speedy withdrawal of all FIRs issued by the Delhi Police and other central or police-in-ruled states against protesters in the country and the release of detained students and promise not to file any fresh FIRs by the Delhi Police, central investigative agencies or police in BJP and NDA ruled government states. These guarantees would be the ones which if non-compliant would result in a fresh protest action by the CJP as he has warned.
At a meeting held in the third round at the Constitution Club, the CJP had likewise sent a five-point charter to the government to seek their review in the wake of exam reforms; both parties agreed to hold another meeting after four weeks.
At the same time, the Supreme Court reiterated that the right to peaceful protest, which is protected by the Constitution, can’t be justified because of police excesses or lathi-charge. Addressing the event on July 20, when the protesters were trying to protest against the ruling against the citizenship bill, the remarks coincided with violence in the march that saw police firing teargas and batons at the protesters.