withdraw firs or protests will resume, warns dipke
MUMBAI, July 30 -- Four days after the nation-wide student protests ended, Abhijeet Dipke fired another salvo at the BJP-led NDA government. Condemning the crackdown on young protesters, Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) that led the agitation, said everyone responsible for using pellet guns, AK-47 rifles and batons on the young protesters must be held accountable, including Union home minister Amit Shah. If the authorities didn't stop harassing the protesters, he warned, they would face an agitation "bigger than the last one".
"They should remember that every student beaten with a lathi or hit by pellet guns belongs to a family with at least four votes. Those families will vote against them in the upcoming elections. Mend your ways, or the students will force you to mend them. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi and Shah understand the language of votes, which is why I am reminding them in their own language," said Dipke, addressing the media on Wednesday.
"Pellet guns should never be used against citizens. These are our own people, not terrorists. Everyone responsible for ordering their use must be held accountable. No one, including Amit Shah, should be spared," he added.
Dipke also addressed the alleged continued harassment of students by the police across the country, saying the agitation may have ended but the youth are still angry: "If the FIRs (against students) are not withdrawn, we will restart the agitation. The government must understand that the students' anger has not diminished. If they believe (former Union education minister) Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation alone will calm them, they are mistaken. The students are deeply angry, and if necessary, another protest will take place, and it will be even bigger than the last one."...
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