The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has weighed in on the ongoing Parliament deadlock, backing the Opposition's demand that Union Home Minister Amit Shah answer in Parliament over the police action against student protesters in the national capital last month.
CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said on Tuesday that Parliament ‘belongs to the people’. He argued that the Home Minister Amit Shah must be held accountable for the actions of forces under his ministry.
“This ought to be very clear. The Parliament of India is ours. It is the people’s. The people of India, its children, were brutally beaten up, some blinded for life, by the Delhi Police and the RAF, which is under the CRPF, a central force,” Das said in a post on X.
Hence, Das said, their boss, Home Minister Amit Shah, ought to answer for their crimes. "Why has he not been appearing before the Parliament for the last two weeks and answering for his force’s draconian brutality? After all, accountability ought to be fixed. Why is the Speaker Om Birla unable to compel the government to answer? It is his duty to remain impartial. Speakers that are coloured and politically biased ought to be made answerable too,” he said.
The remarks by CJP's chief spokesperson come amid a Parliamentary deadlock during the ongoing Monsoon Session, with the Opposition demanding a statement from Shah on the floor of the house regarding the alleged police crackdown in New Delhi on 20 July.
“It is not a radical demand of the MPs to hold Amit Shah answerable before the Parliament for the Black Day that is 20th July 2026. It is a legitimate demand that should be IMMEDIATELY met so our Parliament functions,” Das said.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday as Opposition MPs continued their protests over a host of issues, including a demand for a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the recent police action during student protests in the national capital.
Outside the house, Opposition MPs, including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, protested in Parliament House complex against the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and “police excesses” against student protesters.
The protesting MPs lined up behind a big banner that read ‘Why (is) Amit Shah absent from Parliament’ and raised slogans against the Home Minister.
The INDIA bloc has vowed to corner the government on issues of alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and the use of "brutal force" against students during their protests last week.
(With agency inputs)
