The Communist Party of India (CPI) wrote to the Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) on Thursday, conveying its objections to a complaint the JD(U) had lodged against Communist Janata Party (CJP) leaders over their entry past the security cordon at Jantar Mantar — a venue that has since been removed from its status as an officially designated site for public demonstrations.

A written communication from P Sandosh Kumar — holding the posts of national secretary and Rajya Sabha MP within the CPI — was addressed to JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, setting out his position on the complaint that had been raised.

Members of CJP gathered at Jantar Mantar on 12 October, national flags in hand, to demonstrate against the removal of the site's official designation as a venue for public assembly.

Pointing to Jantar Mantar's established role as a venue where farmers, students, trade unions, and political parties have historically gathered to raise matters of public concern with the government, Sandosh Kumar placed his reservations about the JD(U) on record in the written statement. He noted that Delhi Police had moved against those demonstrating in opposition to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and that a trespass complaint reportedly filed by the JD(U) against CJP activists was a development he viewed with unease, not least because the Home Ministry, under Amit Shah's charge, held supervisory authority over the force.

An FIR was registered by Delhi Police against leaders of CJP following an incident at the Jantar Mantar protest site, which had been designated off-limits at the time.

Pointing to the premises at 7, Jantar Mantar Road — a building that housed the unified Indian National Congress as its headquarters from 1947 to 1969 and has since remained under JD(U) occupation — the Left party leader contended that the complaint raised questions about the party's standing within democratic processes.

His remarks addressed the use of force against non-violent demonstrators, the physical assault on students, an attack involving a Rajya Sabha MP, and the halting of rail services into Delhi as a means of limiting the gathering. He attributed those steps to what he described as an effort to suppress opposition voices and weaken oversight bodies, remarks that came as calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar to answer for his conduct continued to grow.

Invoking Nitish Kumar's background in the 1970s student movement, Sandosh Kumar called on him to honour the democratic values that had guided his political career, asking that the JD(U) withdraw its complaint against the CJP leaders and take a position against the use of criminal charges to suppress peaceful protest.

In his written remarks, Sandosh Kumar called on the recipient to reconsider an alliance with the BJP, contending that the party's conduct poses a threat to constitutional principles, and argued that the moment demands both political resolve and solidarity among those working to uphold democratic governance.