NEW DELHI: A passenger aboard the Mumbai-Delhi flight that brought Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and two party leaders to the capital on Saturday questioned the protest after passengers had to wait even after landing, saying the sloganeering aboard the aircraft caused inconvenience.The passenger also questioned the protesters’ approach, arguing that allegations of wrongful deletion of voters’ names should be addressed through the judicial system.Recalling the incident, the passenger said slogans of “Inquilab Zindabad” could be heard from the front of the aircraft after it landed.“We were travelling from Mumbai. We had to wait even after the flight landed. After the flight landed, we could hear sloganeering of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ from the front of the aircraft. I don’t know who Dipke is. They must be ‘Cockroach’ who must be behaving like this; I don’t know much…They were on a protest for 36 days earlier. But will they create inconvenience everywhere?” the passenger said.
Passenger questions CJP protest
The passenger questioned whether street protests were the right way to address grievances over electoral rolls, saying the legal system should be allowed to deal with allegations of wrongful voter deletions.“Public is inconvenienced due to a few people like this. If the names of people have been wrongfully deleted, Supreme Court will look into it. They (protesters) are not going to look into it. Shut down Courts if public will do everything. There is a system which we follow, shut down that system. If there is a problem, we will protest – will that help?” the passenger said.
CJP leaders detained aboard flight ahead of Jantar Mantar protest
The passenger’s account comes after Delhi Police detained Dipke and CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka at Indira Gandhi International Airport after they arrived from Mumbai.A video shared by the party showed Dipke challenging the police to arrest him, while slogans of “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Inquilab Zindabad” were raised during the confrontation.The leaders were travelling to Delhi for the CJP’s proposed ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and changes relating to Form 6, which is used for voter registration.Delhi Police had denied permission for the planned demonstration, citing law-and-order and public safety concerns.The proposed protest triggered extensive security arrangements across the capital, including barricades, deployment of police and paramilitary personnel, and restrictions on transport services.The CJP has maintained that it intends to continue its campaign for free and fair elections and is demanding Kumar’s removal.(With agency inputs)
