Lathis, tears, barricades: How CJP march was halted by police | Ground Report
“India was brutally assaulted today,” the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said on Monday evening, following a day of police brutality on students marching towards the Parliament. The CJP’s Chalo Sansad march ended in lathi charge, tear gas and a dismantled protest site. (@Cockroachisback/X) The ‘Chalo Sansad’ march, organised to protest examination irregularities and demand the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, met a wall of heavily deployed security personnel as protesters attempted to reach Parliament on the opening day of the monsoon session. It began as a peaceful march carrying flowers for police personnel, in keeping with the CJP’s appeal for a peaceful demonstration. By late afternoon, the main protest stage at Jantar Mantar had been entirely dismantled by the cops. ALSO READ | ‘Lied to family, faced lathis here’: Young women at CJP march recount experience, ‘like cockroaches, we’ll return’ Scattered among the debris lay some portraits, some books, even an idol, as seen in a picture shared by the CJP. CJP’s Chalo Sansad march on July 20 The day began under heavy …
