'Why are you ruining nation?' Dipke heckled, called 'CIA agent' at Delhi airport
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, was heckled at Delhi airport following the arrest of his party members for protesting at Jantar Mantar. Dipke responded by challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to officially declare an Emergency, citing the suppression of dissent.
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The incident underscores rising political tensions in India regarding protest rights, civil liberties, and the government's handling of political opposition.
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was heckled at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport while returning to the capital after a brief stay in his hometown.As Dipke was leaving the airport, a man in the crowd called him a "CIA agent", while another confronted him, asking, "Kyun desh ko kharab kar raha hai? (Why are you ruining the country?)"Dipke arrived in Delhi a day after his party's co-convenors, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, sneakingly climbed over a gate to enter the prohibited area at Jantar Mantar to protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the government.
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