The Cockroach Janta Party has called for a nationwide protest march in New Delhi on September 5 after reviewing what it says is a lack of progress on assurances made to young people on July 25.
Families of deceased NEET victims and victims of alleged police brutality are set to lead the march, with students and youth organisations expected to participate. The party says the protest will remain peaceful and democratic, while demanding that the government fulfil its commitments “in letter and spirit”.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced a nationwide call for a protest march in New Delhi on September 5, accusing the Centre of failing to honour commitments made to young people on July 25, following which nationwide protests were withdrawn.
The march is scheduled to begin at India Gate and proceed towards the New Delhi Police Headquarters. According to the CJP, it will be led by families of deceased NEET victims and victims of alleged police brutality, while students, youth organisations and young citizens from across the country are expected to participate.
The decision was taken unanimously at a meeting of the CJP National Working Committee, which reviewed the progress made by the Union government and BJP- and NDA-ruled states in fulfilling the assurances made last month.
A month after those commitments were publicly announced, the party expressed concern over what it described as the absence of concrete action and questioned whether the government intended to fulfil its promises.
“Instead of implementing what was promised, the Union Government has delayed action, hidden behind technicalities and avoided giving clear commitments, even before the Supreme Court of India,” the CJP alleged.
‘Our Patience Is Not Weakness’
The party said the continued delay had left young people with no option but to return to peaceful and democratic protest.
“Our patience cannot be mistaken for weakness. Our good faith cannot become an opportunity for the government to betray the young people of this country,” the National Working Committee said.
The CJP said the nationwide movement had been withdrawn after commitments were publicly made at a joint press conference on July 25. Young people, it said, had trusted those assurances and called off their protests in good faith.
“A government cannot take the trust of an entire generation, use it to send young people home, and then quietly retreat from its own word. We will not accept this betrayal,” the party said.
The organisation said families who had lost their children would walk at the front of the September 5 march, alongside victims of police brutality.
“The families who lost their children will walk at the front. Victims of police brutality will walk beside them,” it said, describing the protest as a call for the government to “keep your word”.
The CJP has appealed to students, youth organisations and young Indians across the country to gather at India Gate and participate in the march peacefully. It reiterated that the protest would remain democratic and non-violent and demanded that the government honour its commitments to the youth “in both letter and spirit”.
