The ‘cockroaches’ who refuse to crawl away
Lathis, tear gas, and even pellet guns did not stop them. On July 23, three days after thousands of people, mostly students, were targeted by security forces, many of them returned yet again to Jantar Mantar, New Delhi’s designated protest site, demanding the resignation of the Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan. Their chants rang out across the protest site, “Sharam karo, sharam karo; Dharmendra Pradhan isteefa do (Have shame and resign, Dharmendra Pradhan).”Among the sea of protesters gathered, a group of them, mainly supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has remained at the site for 34 days.
- ▪Lathis, tear gas, and even pellet guns did not stop them.
- ▪On July 23, three days after thousands of people, mostly students, were targeted by security forces, many of them returned yet again to Jantar Mantar, New Delhi’s designated protest site, demanding the resignation of the Union Minister of E
- ▪Their chants rang out across the protest site, “Sharam karo, sharam karo; Dharmendra Pradhan isteefa do (Have shame and resign, Dharmendra Pradhan).”Among the sea of protesters gathered, a group of them, mainly supporters of the Cockroach J
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Lathis, tear gas, and even pellet guns did not stop them. On July 23, three days after thousands of people, mostly students, were targeted by security forces, many of them returned yet again to Jantar Mantar, New Delhi’s designated protest site, demanding the resignation of the Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan. Their chants rang out across the protest site, “Sharam karo, sharam karo; Dharmendra Pradhan isteefa do (Have shame and resign, Dharmendra Pradhan).”Among the sea of protesters gathered, a group of them, mainly supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has remained at the site for 34 days. The CJP was founded by Abhijeet Dipke as an online satirical response to remarks by the Chief Justice of India, who referred to unemployed youth as “cockroaches”.
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