Abhijeet Dipke hopes PM Modi apologises in tonight's video — ‘…to all girls whom police beat with brutality’
Dipke said he hopes that PM Modi will post another video today to apologise for smashing the heads of young girls during the police brutality on July 20, and the alleged sexual harassment by police officers.
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led the massive anti-NEET protests in Delhi last month, questioned whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would apologise for the Delhi Police lathi-charge against students during the July 20 Sansad Chalo march, and “to all those girls whom the police beat with such brutality”.
Dipke's video message on X comes a day after Modi's appeal to "forgive" young protesters who used abusive language against him and his late mother.
The July 20 march to Parliament turned violent with police using lathis and tear gas, resulting in multiple injuries. The Supreme Court observed that peaceful agitation does not justify lathi-charges, and called for independent probes.
‘Hope Modi ji will apologize for lathi-charge’
Taking a dig at Modi's ‘forgiveness’ Reel last night, Dipke said he hopes that the prime minister will post another video today to apologise for smashing the heads of young girls during the police brutality on July 20, and the alleged sexual harassment by police officers.
“Yesterday, we all saw Modi ji's video where he was saying that he is forgiving the children. I think Modi ji will post a new video tonight as well, so I hope Modi ji will apologise in that video,” Dipke said.
He explained that the prime minister must apologise for the lathi charge on July 20. “The heads of 12-year-old girls were smashed by the police. The girls' clothes were even torn by male police officers, and they were beaten. The police even struck the girls' private parts with lathis,” Dipke said. “So, I want Modi ji to apologise in tonight's video to all those girls whom the police beat with such brutality.”
Quick answers to key questions
During the July 20 protest, police reportedly smashed the heads of young girls, tore their clothes, and used lathis to strike them, including hitting their private parts.
Dipke called for an apology from Modi to address the violence that young girls faced during the police action, emphasizing the brutality and the need for accountability.
PM Modi expressed his pain over the abusive language used against him and his late mother, urging forgiveness for the misguided youth and emphasizing that they should be guided rather than punished.
According to Dipke, an apology from Modi would acknowledge the wrongs committed against the protesters, especially young girls, and could promote accountability for state actions.
The Supreme Court observed that peaceful agitation does not justify the use of force like lathi-charges, calling for independent probes into the incidents.
What did PM Modi say in his Reel last night?
In a late-night video message on Friday, Modi said it pained him that even his late mother was subjected to "filthy abuses" at Jantar Mantar and expressed "cultural shock" over the language used by young women protesters. At the same time, he called for forgiving the "misguided children", saying the youth should be guided rather than punished.
Dipke had responded to Modi's reel, asking whether he would forgive the students only on reel or also have the cases against them withdrawn.
Several young protesters responded in a style many online users described as reflecting Gen Z's tendency to turn trolling into content. Sharing one such satirical reel by a young woman, the CJP said, “After BJP supporters tried to slander her by calling her 'Babar ki Virasat', she fired back with an extraordinary PowerPoint presentation. You just can't beat Gen Z.”
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