NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday alleged that hall owners in Delhi were threatened with consequences if they allowed the party to hold a volunteers’ meeting, claiming the BJP was behind the pressure.“We were scheduled to hold our volunteers’ meet in Delhi today… We were looking for a hall, but no one would rent us one. Everyone kept saying there was pressure from above… We had managed to secure this hall with great difficulty. We even have the receipt for it. However, the owners received threats this morning,” he said.“They were told that if they allowed the CJP meeting to take place here, they would be hung upside down… All of this is being done by the BJP… Their actions and words clearly reveal that they are afraid of the country’s youth… If they think such petty actions will frighten us, they are sorely mistaken,” he added.He further claimed that the “Season 2” of the Jantar Mantar protest would begin soon.“Many people were commenting on Instagram when Season 2 of ‘Jantar-Mantar’ will begin. I want to tell them that Season 2 of ‘Jantar-Mantar’ is going to start very soon,” he said.Earlier, he criticised police action against students and job aspirants protesting in Ranchi over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations.He had condemned the use of lathis, water cannons and tear gas against protesters, drawing a comparison with the July 20 student protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, which was spearheaded by the CJP over the NEET paper leak issue.
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“Brutality on students should not take place anywhere,” the 30-year-old activist had said.Thousands of job aspirants marched towards the Jharkhand assembly on Monday, breaching barricades and clashing with police. The police used water cannons and tear gas as protesters moved towards the assembly. Several protesters claimed they were injured, while Ranchi police said 14 personnel were injured.
