‘Amit Shah should definitely resign’: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke backs Rahul Gandhi’s demand over police action

CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Echoes Rahul Gandhi’s Call for Home Minister’s Exit

Theindiapostdaily.com – Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has strongly backed the sentiment that Amit Shah should definitely resign. On Thursday, Dipke asserted that the orders to deploy force against students during the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” march must have originated from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, calling for his immediate departure over the police crackdown.

Speaking to reporters at his residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, central Maharashtra, Dipke warned that democracy was in “danger” in the country. He noted that questions were being raised even regarding the judiciary, while central probe agencies were allegedly being utilized to weaken political parties. “Saving democracy is not merely an Opposition issue now. The people of the country will have to come together (to save it),” Dipke insisted following his return after a month-long CJP-led protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. That demonstration, focused on the NEET exam paper leak, ultimately led to the resignation of then-Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Supporting Gandhi’s Resignation Demand

Dipke explicitly supported the demand for Shah’s resignation made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. “The way students were attacked, and their blood was shed while they were protesting, could not have happened without Shah’s orders,” Dipke told journalists. He reiterated his position: “Amit Shah should definitely resign.” Dipke also addressed allegations that the Cockroach Janta Party receives foreign funding or operates from outside India. “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.

“The home minister is not here today because he is scared,” Gandhi said, drawing objections from the treasury benches during the debate on the anti-paper leak bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Dipke’s demand followed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s accusation that Shah ordered the crackdown on protesters and called for his resignation. Gandhi has accused the Home Minister of authorizing police excesses against student protesters. Later, addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the “brutalities.” Either Shah ordered that the student be shot with pellet guns and beaten with lathis with nails, or he was unaware, Gandhi said, referring to the crackdown by security forces during the July 20 Cockroach Janta Party-led protest march to Parliament. “If he ordered it, he is culpable and if he did not know then he is incompetent,” Gandhi said at a press conference.

The 30-year-old activist also criticized the appointment of Pralhad Joshi as new Education Minister, calling him a “weird” man. “If the Education Minister of the country applauds rapists, this means another weird man has been brought in after removing Dharmendra Pradhan. What message is being given to the country? They cannot do anything else because their party is full of goons. People like Ram Rahim (a rape convict) come out on parole during their tenure. This government supports goons and rapists,” he alleged.

Allegations of Staged Stone Pelting

Dipke further alleged that the Delhi Police brought trucks filled with stones near the agitation place (Jantar Mantar) and later falsely claimed it was debris from a construction site. “Trucks filled with stones were brought by the Delhi Police on Jul 19 and 20 morning at around 5:30. I have seen that personally. A damaged van was also brought and parked there. I asked the police about it and also made an X post questioning this.” This was part of a plan by the police to show that the agitating students did stone pelting. I also met the DCP (of the area) over it and I was told the truck was carrying debris from a construction site. This all may have been part of a plan by BJP goons and the Delhi Police,” he alleged. (With agency inputs)