Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday addressed questions over his outfit’s stand towards the INDIA bloc and said they have a common cause – fighting against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
Dipke said the CJP is an independent pressure group and will always be one. “But that does not mean we are against INDIA bloc,” he said.
Our and the INDIA bloc’s agitations are for a common cause,” Dipke said while speaking to media persons on Wednesday. “…We all have a common cause and are fighting against Gyanesh Kumar, who is rigging elections and helping Narendra Modi to stay in power…Cockroach Janta Party is an independent pressure group and it will always be an independent pressure group. But it doesn’t mean that we are against the INDIA bloc. Asked if CJP is getting registered as a political party, Dipke dismissed any such plan.
“No, there is nothing like that.”
The INDIA bloc on Monday led march to Supreme Court against Gyanesh Kumar, an agitation that turned mammoth with thousands joining Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and several other opposition leaders. AISA’s Neha Bora also led the march along with the Gandhis. The questions over CJP’s strategy come amid the active participation of AISA’s Neha Bora in INDIA bloc’s protests, including Monday’s march to the Supreme Court alongside Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other Opposition leaders. CJP has stopped short of openly backing the INDIA bloc, with Dipke reiterating that his outfit would retain its identity as an independent pressure group despite the common cause While Bora’s participation has highlighted the involvement of student activists in the Opposition’s campaign against Gyanesh Kumar.
