
Summary
Four days after the Cockroach Janta Party declared victory and withdrew its protest, left-wing student groups are back at Jantar Mantar with some questions.
“Their questions threatened the unity which made the recent youth protests so successful.”From the report
Four days after the Cockroach Janta Party declared victory and withdrew its protest, left-wing student groups are back at Jantar Mantar with some questions. Who was consulted before the agitation was called off? And was it a mistake to do so? Their questions threatened the unity which made the recent youth protests so successful. Let's rewind the clock a little bit. When the Cockroach campaign was struggling to take off last month, left-wing groups put boots on the ground day in, day out. They instituted a shift system for their volunteers to make sure that Jantar Mantar was never empty. On 28th June, when Sonam Vangchuk began his indefinite fast here, six left activists sat on a hunger strike alongside him. It's no surprise then that ever since the protests ended abruptly last weekend, police in states across India have gone after these groups. Over 300 protesters were arrested in Bihar alone, many of whom belonged to one left outfit or another. another. In Delhi, police officials attempted to barge into the office of the Communist Party of India Marxist to arrest the student activist and former JNUSU president, Oishi Ghosh. Those facing the brunt of this action complain that the leadership of the Kaukroj Janata Party is missing in action. On social media, they have threatened to hit the streets again and promised to provide legal aid for protesters. But there are few signs of this on the ground. Will the Kaukroj campaign be able to fix these fissures before it is too too late?