Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday alleged that the police action against students during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" march could only have been ordered by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded his resignation over the crackdown.
Addressing reporters at his residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar after returning from the month-long CJP-led agitation at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak, Dipke claimed democracy in the country was under threat and accused institutions of failing to uphold democratic values.
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Backing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's demand for Shah's resignation, Dipke alleged the Union home minister was responsible for ordering force against protesting students.
"Amit Shah should definitely resign. There is another thing being said: that the Cockroach Janta Party is receiving funding from outside or that the movement is being run from outside. If this is happening then it reflects the failure of a person like Amit Shah. If the CJP is being run from outside then what kind of 'Chanakya' is he? The order to use force against students on July 20 must have been issued by Amit Shah and no one else," Dipke claimed.
"Saving democracy is not merely an Opposition issue now. The people of the country will have to come together (to save it)," he said.
Referring to central investigative agencies, Dipke alleged they had been used for political purposes.
"There is a question mark even on judiciary. We all have seen how ED and CBI were used to break parties like the Shiv Sena and the NCP. The big institutions in the country had a duty to keep democracy alive and not create dictatorship of a single man. They let it happen. To stop this, not only the Opposition, but even the people will have to come together," he asserted.
