Debate With Arnab: Is Violence By The CJP Justified In The Name of Protest At Jantar Mantar?

Debate With Arnab asks the hard question tonight — is the violence unleashed by CJP supporters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in the name of “student protest” even remotely justifiable? From barricade-breaching attempts and clashes with police to tear gas, lathicharge and stone pelting around the proposed ‘Parliament Chalo’ march, the capital has seen high drama and serious law-and-order breaches as a satirical online movement turns into a disruptive street force. CJP and its supporters claim they are fighting for NEET-UG justice and that the system has failed lakhs of students, while critics ask whether attacking police, defying prohibitory orders and threatening Parliament can ever be defended as democratic dissent. Is this protest, is this mob violence, or has a “student movement” been hijacked for politics and chaos? Watch Arnab challenge both sides, confront CJP backers and defenders of the crackdown, and put the core question to India, can violence be justified in the name of protest?