Pune, Oct 10 – Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told reporters on Saturday that he believes the central government will collapse within six months, citing heavy police deployment and blockades that have prevented protesters from reaching Delhi for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demonstration against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Raut described the ongoing protests as a “people’s rebellion” and said the Narendra Modi administration is in its final days, predicting it will fall by March‑April next year. He accused the Centre of being terrified of young citizens and peaceful demonstrators, noting that CJP chief Abhijit Dipke was detained by police at Delhi airport on Saturday.
The MP reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17 would be his last as head of government and that if Modi were removed, Amit Shah would also lose his position. He used a sharp comparison to the late actor Nana Patekar’s famous dialogue, suggesting that a “cockroach” can render a government powerless.
Raut also criticized the Centre for turning Delhi into a blockade similar to Jammu and Kashmir, with around 15,000 vehicles stranded and trains halted to stop protesters from entering the capital. He compared the suppression tactics to those of the British era and urged the Delhi Police not to follow what he called illegal orders, accusing the current regime of voter manipulation and misuse of state machinery.
