Cameras at CJP protest, Jantar Mantar: In pictures
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is holding large-scale protests at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to demand educational reforms and the resignation of the Education Minister. While protesters allege illegal surveillance by police, officials maintain that the monitoring is strictly for law and order purposes.
Why it matters
The situation underscores the ongoing tension between public protest rights and state surveillance practices in democratic spaces.
T he CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, is seeing a massive number of people attending. “Cockroaches”, as they call themselves, are demanding the resignation of the Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan and nationwide educational reform. The government has now agreed to have talks with the Cockroach Janta Party at a neutral location, the Constitution Club of India in Central Delhi.
Allegations of ‘snooping’ by the Delhi Police and usage of surveillance tools to monitor and manage crowds at the protest site and the areas surrounding are flying around.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Delhi High Court that “At Jantar Mantar, some protest or another is always going on. These are always recorded. As a matter of fact, at this protest, hundreds of people made viral videos. This is only for the purpose of law and order. There is no snooping. There is no surveillance.”
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