'Cockroaches never die': Why RAF officer Sonia Sehrawat, her Instagram story are at the centre of CJP protest | India News
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Amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi, a name has surfaced online - Rapid Action Force (RAF) officer Sonia Sehrawat, who was present at Jantar Mantar on the day of the Parliament march on July 20.
Adding to this, Rapid Action Force (RAF) officer Sonia Sehrawat; now-deleted Instagram story (X/@MahuaMoitra) She found herself at the centre of a row over an Instagram story she purportedly posted a day after the march. A screenshot of that story, which appears to insult the protesters, has since gone widely shared.
Meanwhile, In what reports say is a now-deleted post, Sehrawat had posted a short reel on her Instagram story that read, “Can’t fix themselves and they wanna fix the country.”
Notably, The alleged post sparked sharp criticism from CJP, which accused Sehrawat of mocking the protesters and justifying what it described as the "brutality" of the security forces.
As per the latest buzz, Calling it "absolutely shocking," the CJP shared in a post on X, "This RAF official actually sees the peaceful protesters as cockroaches and thinks that the brutality of the police was justified because of that. But you see, we are cockroaches. And cockroaches never die."
In further updates, The post also invited criticism from TMC MP Mahua Moitra, who shared the screenshot of the story on X, saying, “RAF assistant commandant Sonia Shehrawat’s insta profile calling our children protestors cockroaches. Let’s find out who she is, where she lives, what’s her record? Let’s name & shame & drag each of these zealots through the law.”
On top of that, On July 20, the day of the CJP's 'Sansad Chalo' march , party founder Abhijeet Dipke publicly questioned Sehrawat over allegations that RAF personnel had used excessive force against protesters, including women.
Standing atop a lorry, Dipke addressed the officer directly, saying, "Ma'am, as a woman, I want to know... Do you support brutality against women being done by men?"
Source: Hindustan Times