Ruckus in CJP's press conference, Neha Bora's speech stopped, Deepke said - 'Modi has become a dictator'

There was an uproar in the press conference held in Delhi on Thursday by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), which is agitating against the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.

When AISA President Neha Bora started speaking in the joint press conference of CJP and All India Students Association i.e. AISA in the Press Club of Delhi, some people started sloganeering.

Neha Bora and CJP founder Abhijit Deepke appealed to the officials of the Press Club to expel the protesting people. As the uproar increased, Neha Bora had to stop her address. During this, slogans like 'Stop' and 'Go away' were also raised for Neha Bora.

Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, Prashant Bhushan, actor and activist Prakash Raj, Student Federation of India i.e. SFI leader Aishi Ghosh and others were also present in the press conference.

Neha Bora said that the ongoing movement against SIR is not a movement of any one political party, but a fight for the right to vote. He said, "The movement is continuing from Jantar Mantar in Delhi to Shivaji Park in Mumbai and in other parts of the country." He claimed that this movement will not stop by detaining people and beating them.

Neha Bora also raised the issue of alleged misbehavior with the journalists covering the protest. He alleged that the cameras of the journalists were snatched away and they were told that if they continued covering the protest, the cameras would not be returned to them.

Neha Bora said that the right to vote is a fundamental right and when Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das are sent to jail and people are dragged on the streets, this is what is being done to the 13 crore people who were removed from the voter list. But then a journalist started asking questions, to which Neha Bora said that the rule of press conference is that the question is answered in the end. However, as the noise increased, everyone stood up.

Abhijeet Deepke had to get up in the middle and pacify the people. Soon after, he began addressing the press and accused the government of adopting a 'dictatorship'. He also accused an ACP of Delhi Police of allegedly sexually harassing a female journalist and said that a counter FIR was registered only against the journalist who complained. Neha Bora was referring to ACP Vivek Bhagat of Delhi Police.

At the same time, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Deepke has launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, calling it a 'dictator'. He said, "Narendra Modi has become a dictator but he does not have the courage to impose emergency." He also raised questions on the police action and detention of CJP workers, leftist student organizations, journalists and civil society people in the last few days.

Two days ago, CJP co-convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were arrested when they reached Jantar Mantar carrying the tricolor flag and were sent to judicial custody for five days. Deepke said, "Since when did waving the tricolor become a crime? This happened in the British era, today Modi and Shah's police are also doing the same."

Abhijit Deepke said, "This country will run on Gandhi's ideas and Baba Saheb's Constitution." Deepke has called upon people to gather at the Central Park of Connaught Place, Delhi on Friday, 16 October. This call has been made against the removal of Jantar Mantar from the protest site and the arrest of CJP leaders.

Actor and activist Prakash Raj was also present in the press conference. He is also supporting the CJP movement demanding abolition of SIR and removal of Gyanesh Kumar. Prakash Raj said, "In Karnataka, names of Muslim voters are being removed using Form 7."

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is continuously rejecting the allegations of CJP and the opposition. BJP argues that the way to question electoral and constitutional institutions is through Parliament and the judicial process rather than putting pressure on the streets.

The Election Commission has been continuously saying that SIR is a process being done under legal rights and it is not being done to benefit any political party. The Commission had described Rahul Gandhi's allegations as "misleading". The Commission also says that it is not correct to consider the names removed from the list during SIR as final removal.