Shabana Azmi meets CJP protesters before Parliament march; Prakash Raj joined. Watch
Shabana Azmi and Prakash Raj join the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar ahead of their planned Parliament march. Videos of actors expressing solidarity with the protesters have gone viral on social media.
Actress Shabana Azmi and Prakash Raj joined the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, a day ahead of the group’s proposed ‘Chalo Sansad’ march at the start of the monsoon session of Parliament. Videos of actors expressing solidarity with the protesters have surfaced on social media.
Shabana visited the protest site at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, where she met the protesters and extended her support to those participating in the movement. The video shared by CJP shows the actor greeting Prakash before interacting with the protesters.
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In a clip shared online by a protester on an indefinite hunger strike, Shabana was seen sitting beside him, holding his hand and kissing him before gently caressing his face in a sign of support.
Sharing the video, the protester wrote, “Thank you @azmishabana18 madam for your support, solidarity and love.”
Shabana also addressed the people gathered at the protest site and expressed her support towards activist Sonam Wangchuk and her ongoing hunger strike.
Prakash Raj, who had visited the protests earlier, returned on Sunday to show solidarity with the protesters. Addressing the gathering he said, “I’m with you tonight. I’m right here. We’ll see what happens.”
Later, the actor shared a selfie video from the venue on social media with the caption, “The youth of our country are #JustTasking.”
The youth of our country are #JustAsking pic.twitter.com/jzHWfHwke9– Prakash Raj (@PrakashRaj) July 19, 2026
In the clip, protesters can be heard chanting slogans in the background, while Prakash says with a smile, “These youth are fighting for their cause,” before ending the video.
CJP has been protesting at Jantar Mantar since June 6 demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and accountability over alleged irregularities in the entrance examinations.
The movement gained widespread attention after Sonam Wangchuk started an indefinite hunger strike on 28 June. He was taken into police custody on Saturday and later admitted to hospital following a petition seeking court intervention.
The group is scheduled to march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament on Monday when the monsoon session begins.
According to PTI, security has been beefed up in New Delhi ahead of the monsoon session and CJP’s proposed “Chalo Sansad” march.