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CJP to reach Delhi police station at 10 am, asks people to join in protest against Swatantra Bhardwaj
CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said he, along with other party members, would reach the police station at 10 am.
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The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will pay a visit to Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi on Friday to seek action against Swatantra Bhardwaj. The self proclaimed Hindutva ‘influencer’ claimed to have assaulted Sanjay Kumar, father of student protester Nishu, during a protest at Jantar Mantar.
CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said he, along with other party members, would reach the police station at 10 am to seek justice for Sanjay. Das made the announcement on X on Thursday.
CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka has also backed the CJP protest and asked people to join Saurav Das in demanding action against Bhardwaj. On X, Ranka wrote: “Every true patriot should join Saurav.. It’s us vs communal, bigoted hate-mongers.”
What is the case?
The case relates to an alleged assault on Sanjay Kumar, father of CJP activist Nishu Azad, during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Sanjay Kumar was involved in a scuffle during a protest. CJP has alleged that he was attacked by Swatantra Bhardwaj and others.
A video of Bhardwaj, a self-styled Hindutva influencer, in which he claimed to have “broken the skull” of Kumar during the protest and escaped jail despite the assault. He also claimed that Delhi BJP minister Kapil Mishra was like his “elder brother” and said that political connections helped him avoid jail.
“I cracked the skull of Nishu's father. Do you know which section this crime attracts? Section 307. He needed 60 stitches. The man was being taken away in an ambulance in a serious condition.”
He further said: “But I was not even jailed. The world should know this. I was out and about through the night.”
Bhardwaj also claimed that Kapil Mishra, Union minister Chirag Paswan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were like his “elder brothers” and that he had their support. PTI said it contacted Mishra and Paswan for their response but did not receive a reply.
