New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led the massive anti-NEET protests in Delhi last month, questioned whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would apologise for the Delhi Police lathi-charge against students during the July 20 Sansad Chalo march, and "to all those girls whom the police beat with such brutality".

Dipke's video message on X comes a day after Modi's appeal to "forgive" young protesters who used abusive language against him and his late mother.

The July 20 march to Parliament turned violent with police using lathis and tear gas, resulting in multiple injuries. The Supreme Court observed that peaceful agitation does not justify lathi-charges, and called for independent probes...