Those carrying it are not students: Maharashtra Minister Yogesh Kadam after Aurangzeb poster surfaces at CJP protest

Maharashtra Minister Yogesh Kadam on Wednesday said those carrying an Aurangzeb poster during a protest in support of the Cockroach Janta Party CJP should not be considered students adding that the incident is under investigation and those responsible will face actionSpeaking on the controversy Kadam said I will not call them students I dont think any student would carry Aurangzebs poster while protesting irrespective of their demandsVIDEO Mumbai Maharashtra Minister Yogesh Kadam on an Aurangzeb poster being displayed during a protest in support of the Cockroach Janta Party CJP says I will not call them students I dont think any student would carry Aurangzebs poster while protesting irrespective ofhellip pictwittercomLpydKXSrtTmdash Press Trust of India PTI_News July 22 2026He said the state government has ordered an inquiry into the matter and assured strict action against those found responsibleWe are inquiring into the matter and whoever is responsible will be punished he saidWithout naming anyone the minister also alleged that some Opposition leaders could be attempting to politicise the movementI cannot say what the reason was but I think some people in the Opposition may be trying to politicise the movement Opposition leaders are currently unable to attract the youth so they may see this as a ready platform Kadam saidHe added that a thorough investigation would be conducted into the incident11yearold among those detained during Chaityabhoomi protest in MumbaiMeanwhile an 11yearold boy was among those detained during Mondays protest at Chaityabhoomi where Mumbai Police rounded up dozens of demonstrators ahead of what they described as an unauthorised gatheringHis mother Sandhya Panaskar alleged that she her husband and their son were detained and taken to Worli police station after refusing to leave the protest site She claimed the child was left shaken after witnessing police drag his father awayPolice had detained several protesters during the demonstration Their response to Panaskars allegations was not immediately availablelsquoI was standing with my sonrsquoPanaskar said her family reached the protest venue around 4 pm Seeing protesters being detained she began calling friends to join the demonstration She alleged that police soon tried to escort her family towards waiting police vansldquoI was simply standing there with my son and they started telling me to go away When I did not someone held me by the shoulder and tried to direct me towards the van I didnrsquot want them touching me or forcing merdquoPanaskar claimed that at previous protests police had avoided detaining mothers accompanied by children ldquoThis time they detained all of usrdquo she saidReleased after nearly four hoursPanaskar said she and her son were released at 744 pm nearly four hours after being detainedShe claimed even officers at Worli police station questioned why a child had been brought thereldquoEven the officers at the station were asking the personnel who brought us why there was a kid with usrdquoShe also claimed another woman and her 10yearold daughter had been detained and brought to the same police station