Won't allow Parliament march by CJP, say cops
New Delhi, July 19 -- Delhi Police officials on Saturday said they would not allow the Sansad Chalo march to Parliament that the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has called for Monday morning, describing the entire ongoing hunger strike at Jantar Mantar as an "illegal" protest for which no fresh permission had been sought.
Senior officers said the march would be stopped on the grounds that it would disrupt law and order in a high-security zone, endanger public safety and choke traffic in central Delhi. Detentions, they said, would follow if a large gathering pushed toward Parliament.
A senior police officer aware of the matter, who asked not to be named, said the CJP had permission only for a single day at Jantar Mantar, had signed undertakings to that effect, and had subsequently extended the protest without clearance. "CJP spokesperson Abhijeet Dipke has never informed us or applied for a permission for the Sansad Chalo march," the officer said.
CJP spokesperson Vaishnavi Gaur disputed the account. "We had intimated them about the march way back. They know very well about the march and our plans. In any case, they won't allow us," she told HT, adding that it was only done in person and not in writing.
The police have deployed over 100 personnel, along with Rapid Action Force units, on both sides of the Jantar Mantar site and inside the protest area. Officers said 200 personnel would be posted on Saturday and Sunday, additional units and paramilitary forces would be called in for Monday's march, and extra police vans have been placed around the site. The crowd at Jantar Mantar swelled from around 500 to 800 through the day, they said.
Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days over irregularities in national examinations including the NEET-UG paper leaks, was forcibly removed from the site early on Saturday and shifted to Safdarjung Hospital, triggering a commotion in which supporters were lathi-charged and Dipke was briefly detained.
DCP (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma, in a statement, said Wangchuk had been moved on the orders of the Delhi High Court and on expert medical advice, and asked protesters at Jantar Mantar "to peacefully vacate the place at the earliest."...
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