After Rahul Gandhi, Dipke seeks Amit Shah's resignation over student protests
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that the order to use force against students during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" march
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that the order to use force against students during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" march must have come from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and demanded his resignation over the police crackdown. Dipke also said democracy was in "danger" in the country and raised questions over institutions, including the judiciary. He made the remarks after returning to his home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar following a CJP-led protest of more than a month at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak, which ended with the resignation of then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Read Full Story Speaking to reporters at his residence, Dipke said, "Saving democracy is not merely an Opposition issue now. The people of the country will have to come together (to save it)." He added, "There is a question mark even on judiciary. We have all seen how ED and CBI were used to break parties like the Shiv Sena and the NCP. The big institutions in the country had a duty to keep democracy alive and not create the dictatorship of a single man. They let it happen. To stop this, not only the Opposition, but even the people will have to come together." The 30-year-old activist also criticised the appointment of Pralhad Joshi as the new Education Minister and called him a "weird" man.
"If the Education Minister of the country applauds rapists, this means another weird man has been brought in after removing Dharmendra Pradhan. What message is being given to the country? They cannot do anything else because their party is full of goons. People like Ram Rahim come out on parole during their tenure. This government supports goons and rapists," he alleged. Asked about yoga guru and entrepreneur Ramdev's comments that Gen Z, which led the stir at Jantar Mantar, had defamed India's culture, Dipke said the protest was constitutional. "We have fought for our rights against the paper leak in a constitutional way. If agitating with photos of Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar in a legal way is defaming culture, we have done it. Baba Ramdev should look into Patanjali about which the Supreme Court has made adverse comments in the past," he said. He added, "Gen Z can handle the country and its culture well. He should concentrate on Patanjali else it may go out of business." Dipke also backed Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's demand for Shah's resignation. "Amit Shah should definitely resign. There is another thing being said: that the Cockroach Janta Party is receiving funding from outside or that the movement is being run from outside.
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