CJP’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ seeks protection of right to protest

On Saturday evening, a peaceful protest rally, known as the "Lehra Do Tiranga" protest, took place near the Dr B R Ambedkar statue in Pune. The event was organized by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and aimed to demand the immediate release of detained activists, the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision process (SIR).

The rally was held between 4 pm and 6.30 pm and was attended by several citizens and groups supporting the cause. Despite the deployment of a police force, no protester was detained during the peaceful demonstration. The CJP had set up a van stage vehicle at the protest site, where volunteers distributed Tricolour flags and placards with slogans to the demonstrators.

Songs like Sadda Haq, Aithe Rakh, and Rang De Basanti were played on speakers to energize the crowd. Slogans such as Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Jay Bhim, and Laal Salam were shouted by the activists, with the demand for protection of their right to protest peacefully against the government. The rally aimed to draw attention to the alleged mistreatment of CJP activists, who were detained after allegedly climbing over police barricades to enter New Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

The CJP founder, Abhijeet Dipke, called for a nationwide "Lehra Do Tiranga" protest, which resulted in Dipke's arrest and subsequent release on conditional bail. Activists, including Supreeth Ravish of Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra and Niharika Bhosale, who was detained by Madhya Pradesh police, joined the protest in Pune. Bhosale condemned the government for de-notifying Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and emphasized that protesting is a fundamental right.

Chandan Salunkhe, an office bearer of Shiv Sena (UBT), called for the agitations to continue until Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The protest concluded with the singing of the National Anthem.