Entire nation to become Jantar Mantar: Prakash Raj warns BJP after Das, Ranka's arrest

Actor Prakash Raj mocked the BJP-led central government in a video on Wednesday over the police action against protesters during the anti-CEC demonstration in Delhi on October 10. In the clip shared on X, the 61-year-old criticised the preventive arrests of CJP (Cockroach Janta Party) members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on October 14, a day after the two entered Jantar Mantar carrying the national flag. The actor, who joined the CJP protest in Bengaluru earlier this year, questioned the government's decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.

The actor called out the restrictions imposed on Jantar Mantar, Delhi's long-standing protest site, warning that shutting down a designated venue would not



silence dissent.

"Protest ka site badal sakte hain aap, rok sakte hain, lekin is desh ki awaaz ko aap nahi rok sakte hain. Pura desh Jantar Mantar banega [You can change the protest site, you can stop a protest, but you cannot silence the voice of this country. The entire country will become Jantar Mantar]," he said, adding that people would continue to ask questions.

CJP, the INDIA bloc, and young people across the country have been protesting in Delhi and other cities, demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, the Chief Election Commissioner of India, over alleged mass voter disenfranchisement and procedural opacity during the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.