NCP-SCP spokesperson Anish Gawande spoke to reporters at Delhi Airport amid preparations for a youth protest at Jantar Mantar. Gawande urged the police to avoid excessive force and treat young protesters as equal citizens rather than criminals. He also raised concerns over the detention of Abhijeet Dipke, stating that police officers boarded the aircraft they were travelling on and took Dipke away, inconveniencing other passengers. Gawande said they had not received confirmation of Dipke’s whereabouts at the time of his remarks. The statement comes as young people head to Jantar Mantar for the planned protest in the national capital.
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