By Khadija Irfan Rahim
New Delhi: Amid inspiring videos of youth protesting at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak were videos depicting the other side of demonstrations — Hindutva outfits calling for violence, gundagardi against the “anti-national cockroaches.
“Bhai! jo log pooch rahe the ki civil mein kuch gunde kaha se aaye, woh log toh police waale the (To those asking where the goons in civil clothing came from, those were actually police personnel),” said the cow vigilante Swatantra Bhardwaj.
“Lekin real gunde ki entry toh abhi hui hai aur gundagardi kya hota hai Delhi ke andar, woh ab hum log bataaenge (But the real goons have just made their entry, and now we will show what true hooliganism in Delhi looks like).”
Bhardwaj had reached Jantar Mantar almost immediately after the July 20 protest march, with lathis in hand and a group of thugs by his side.
Cockroach Janta Party, an online movement founded by Abhijeet Dipke, had announced a Sansad Chalo protest march after days of peaceful dharnas and the unceremonious removal of a fasting Sonam Wangchuk at Jantar Mantar. Coinciding with the first day of Parliament’s Monsoon session, the CJP protest had resulted in several students being injured after Delhi Police, along with security personnel, lathi-charged and fired tear gas at protesters.
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