Dipke asks supporters to gather at Central Park to wave Tricolour
Abhijit Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, has called for a protest in Delhi's Central Park to demonstrate against the government's crackdown on his associates. He claims the arrests for waving the national flag are an attempt to impose an unofficial state of emergency.
Why it matters
The incident highlights growing tensions between political dissenters and the current administration regarding civil liberties and the use of national symbols in protests.
NEW DELHI: Abhijit Dipke, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder, landed in Delhi Wednesdasy and called on all his supporters to gather at Central Park in Connaught Place on Friday with the Tricolour.“Waving our national flag is a fundamental expression of our patriotism, not a criminal act,” Dipke said in a video message. “The state’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent will not silence people. I urge every citizen who believes in democratic rights to reach Central Park this Friday, carrying the Tricolour. If the administration wants to arrest peaceful citizens simply for holding the national flag, let them prepare their jails,” he said.Hours before, in Nagpur, Dipke said the arrest of his associates, Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka, was an attempt by govt to impose an undeclared Emergency in the country.
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