Several Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders and volunteers, including national spokesperson and co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and East and Northeast zone in-charge Ankit Bhardwaj have been detained by Guwahati Police.
Ashutosh Ranka and members of the CJP’s central team were in Guwahati for the party’s first regional volunteers’ meeting in the city.
“Himanta Biswa Sarma is scared of the way trucks were rammed into people in Assam and hundreds of people lost their lives. Ranka reached Guwahati on Saturday. On Saturday, Ranka had said the CJP was receiving support in Assam and other parts of the Northeast.
Ranka and members of the CJP’s central team were in Guwahati for the party’s first regional volunteers’ meeting in the city. They also alleged that the venue had been changed following pressure. At least four national-level CJP leaders were in Assam for the programme, including Bhardwaj, Akash Prem, Varun Agrawal and Anam. Speaking to the media before his detention, Ranka targeted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and alleged that the government was trying to stop the CJP’s activities in the state.
The party said the programme was part of its ongoing outreach in Assam and the Northeast. CJP said Ranka, Bhardwaj and other members of the central team, along with Assam volunteers, were detained before the meeting could be held. But we are not afraid of Himanta Biswa Sarma,” Ranka said. “The Cockroach Janata Party movement is spreading across the country, and we have received tremendous support in the Northeast, especially in Assam,” he had said. He said CJP members from Assam had been part of the movement at Jantar Mantar from its early days.
