(Photo) Courtesy : National Herald
New Delhi, 18 July— Rattled over prospects of the opposition taking milage of the Cockroach Janata Party’s ongoing protest at Jantar Mantar, the BJP is understood to have prevailed upon the Modi government to initiate police action against Educator and climate change activist Sonum Wangchuk whose indefinite hunger strike had entered the 21th day.
Defending Delhi Police’s crackdown on CJP’s protest and forceful removal of activist Sonam Wangchuk, the BJP said the Opposition wanted to secure political mileage from the agitation.
In a social media post on X, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya said that those questioning the removal of Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar were nowhere to be seen when he was being shifted to hospital.
“When the authorities intervened, many of those who had turned his fast into a political spectacle were nowhere to be seen. They were absent when it mattered most,” Malviya said.
The BJP leader asserted that the Opposition never had a constructive vision for this protest. “Their objective was not a resolution, but the perpetuation of a crisis for political mileage. That opportunity has now been denied.”
Another BJP leader, Tajinder Bagga claimed that the police crackdown on Jantar Mantar has completely exposed the BJP.
Bagga claimed that when Delhi Police reached Jantar Mantar to shift engineer Sonam Wangchuk to Safdarjung Hospital, not a single Cockroach Janta Party leader was present there.
“No Dipke. No Nachaniya. No spokesperson. All of them were comfortably sleeping in five-star hotels. Now CJP is claiming that they had gone to freshen up and take a bath,” the BJP leader said.
Tensions escalated at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar during the CJP’s ongoing protest against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over frequent incidents of alleged paper leaks and suicides of NEET students following the forceful removal of activist Sonam Wangchuk.
Wangchuk, who joined the CJP protest on June 20, had been sitting on an indefinite hunger strike demanding Pradhan’s resignation for the past 20 days.
With his health deteriorating, Delhi police shifted the activist to Safdarjung Hospital, citing a Delhi High Court order that directed authorities to monitor Wangchuk’s health and take necessary steps to protect his life.
It appears that the BJP and its government is rattled with the rising spiral of youth protests across the country and the Modi-Shah duo has decided to crack down heavily on protesters.
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