MUMBAI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Friday said a team of Bombay High Court advocates was ready to provide legal assistance to protesters who were “illegally detained” during its protest at Shivaji Park against the Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.“Hello Cockroaches, the Mumbai legal team is all set,” CJP said in a social media post, sharing contact details of advocates offering legal assistance during the protest. The organisation also thanked the lawyers for extending support to fellow protesters.The post listed several advocates as contacts for legal assistance and urged protesters who were allegedly detained during the demonstration to reach out to them.CONTACT FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE
- Adv. Vikrant Khare+91 96573 30630
- Adv. Bhagyesha Kurane+91 97301 97530
- Adv. Vikas More+91 77698 97985
- Adv. Aniruddha Rote+91 80977 59627
- Adv. Arahat Dhivare+91 9403225542
- Adv. Srushti More+91 90218 93547
- Adv. Ganesh Pandit+91 9112451807
- Adv. Rahul Khare+91 7734488229
Additional Contacts
- Adv. Ruben Mascarenhas: +91 9820249942
- Adv. Kalyani Mangave: +91 7507612037
- Adv. Moosa Izzat: +91 9663700437
- Adv. Piyush Todkar: +91 7057106423
- Adv. Rishika Agarwal: +91 81700399988
- Adv. Saavi Kanavaje: +91 9136005022
- Adv. Chandani Chawala: +91 9665079487
CJP and other civil society organisations are staging the protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday. Heavy police deployment was seen at the venue in view of the protest call.The demonstration comes amid CJP’s campaign against the Election Commission over the SIR exercise. The organisation has alleged irregularities in the process and is demanding action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.CJP spokesperson Saurav Das told news agency ANI that Kumar was a “traitor” and claimed that people across the country would support the organisation’s demand for his ouster.“As you can see, we are starting from Mumbai today. This is going to be a very big protest,” Das said.Referring to the earlier campaign against then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Das said the youth had previously taken to the streets demanding his resignation and claimed a similar response would be seen in Mumbai over the demand concerning Kumar.“The youth of Mumbai are hitting the streets again. Today, a massive protest is going to happen at Shivaji Park,” Das said, appealing to Mumbaikars to join the demonstration.Police presence was stepped up at Shivaji Park on Friday in view of the protest call, with CJP and other civil society groups expected to demonstrate against the Election Commission and the alleged irregularities in the SIR process.(With agency inputs)
