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Suhasini Biswas

‘With Wangchuk gone, cops thought hope would die’: The weekend that changed the CJP protest

Thousands have turned up for the Cockroach Janta Party’s march to Parliament on Monday, filling the road from Jantar Mantar to the Tolstoy Marg–Sansad Marg intersection. Police are trying to block the march with barricades and used batons after some protesters tried to push through.

The size of the crowd marks a dramatic shift from just days earlier, before Sonam Wangchuk’s forcible removal to hospital on Saturday morning galvanised the protest.

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