My experience after attending today's CJP Protests:
I have covered various protests for my media house over the last 15 years.
I have attended the IAC protests, Farmers' Protest, Wrestlers' Protest, and now the CJP Protest.
Let me share my experience comparing the CJP Protest with other protests:
-CJP protests look forced and poorly planned
-IAC had common people fighting for their rights, whereas CJP feels more like a protest called by left-wing students from JNU
-The Pride Parade in Delhi attracts more people than the CJP protest
-Despite being labelled a youth movement, the CJP protest had more old people than young people
-There was a clear sense of classism, with the founder and spokespersons enjoying VIP arrangements while ordinary supporters stood in the sun
-People were roaming around in groups, making reels, clicking selfies; one group was asking for Azadi, another for LGBT rights, while others were demanding resignations
-This is the smallest crowd I have ever seen at Jantar Mantar in my journalism career
-I would say this is the most disorganised protest of the 21st century
Even a JCB attracts more crowds than these cockroaches!!