New Delhi, July 23 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) representative Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that people were being sent from outside to deliberately disrupt the ongoing students' protest, and accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers of pelting stones and attempting to defame the protesters.

Speaking to reporters, Dipke said the protest had been ongoing for a month without any such incident, but claimed that the situation changed after the protest gained momentum.

"People are being sent from outside to deliberately disrupt the protest. We have been sitting here for a month. No such incident has happened in a month. But now, as this protest has grown, goons are being sent from outside by the BJP to deliberately incite people,"...