‘Jantar Mantar belongs to 140cr Indians’: Dipke calls flag-hoisting ban ‘dictatorial’
Activist Abhijit Dipke of the Cockroach Janata Party criticized the Delhi Police for detaining his team members who attempted to hoist the national flag at Jantar Mantar. Dipke condemned the arrests as a dictatorial act and vowed to continue the protest until specific demands are met.
Why it matters
This incident underscores ongoing tensions regarding the use of public spaces for political protest and the limits of civil disobedience in India.
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) activist Abhijit Dipke on Tuesday hit out at the Centre after several members of his team were detained in Delhi, calling those who consider hoisting the national flag at Jantar Mantar a violation of the law "traitors"."Our team went to Jantar Mantar this morning and hoisted the tricolor. When did hoisting the tricolor become a violation? Whoever thinks that hoisting the tricolor at Jantar Mantar is a violation is a traitor. And if Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde, and the others who were arrested for hoisting the tricolor are charged, then there should be strict action taken against it. How can you arrest someone for hoisting the tricolor? What kind of country is this? What kind of rule is this?" Dipke questioned.Addressing the police action, he cautioned against denying legal rights to those in custody."The whole country will become Jantar Mantar.
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