Lucknow, Oct. 10 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Aradhana Mishra Mona on Saturday launched a sharp attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre over the extensive security curbs and preventive detentions in the national capital ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) 'Jantar Mantar 2.0' protest, calling the clampdown an "attempt to murder democracy."

Speaking to ANI in Lucknow, Mishra alleged that the sweeping restrictions on public movement and the heavy deployment of security personnel demonstrated panic within the ruling dispensation.

"This reflects a thoroughly frightened BJP. The country's Constitution grants every political party, organisation, and individual the right to protest and voice their views. However, the at...