The BJP dismissed anti-CEC protests at Jantar Mantar as a failure of anarchists. Sambit Patra said, "Jantar Mantar's story is not India's story." The INDIA bloc and CJP demanded the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar over vote allegations. Delhi Police detained many leaders, as the planned protests failed to gain any momentum.
The BJP said that what is happening at Jantar Mantar is not India's story, referring to the protests organised over the last few days by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and the INDIA bloc, led by Rahul Gandhi, which are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of 'vote chori'.
INDIA bloc MPs attempted to hold protests at different locations in Delhi over the past three days. On Saturday, a delegation also met President Droupadi Murmu and submitted a memorandum listing four demands. However, the CJP protest could not begin as planned after Delhi Police detained key CJP leaders upon their arrival in Delhi.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra said, "...Jantar Mantar's story is not India's story. What is happening at Jantar Mantar, what you can see on TV and a few social media handles, is not India's story. India is calm and going ahead under good governance. We have been seeing that a few anarchist forces have been spreading anarchy in a corner of Delhi for the past few days. But today the anarchists have failed."
Delhi Police detained several protesters who gathered near Jantar Mantar to demonstrate, as they did not have permission to hold a protest there. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with AISA president Neha Bora and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, were also detained at different locations across the Delhi-NCR region.
"The flop show of anarchist elements has completely collapsed. There was an attempt to hold India, the national capital, captive; that there be arson here, that there be violence here. But today, 'loktantra' has triumphed over 'bheedtantra'..."