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Staff Reporter
It all began as a joke. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) started on May 16 as online satire of the political establishment. The movement grew out of frustration over unemployment and leaked exam papers. Led by Abhijeet Dipke, an Aurangabad born political communication strategist who worked on Aam Admi Party's social media and election campaigns from 2020 to 2023, it gained national prominence through mass protests over paper leaks, which ended with the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.
Its next target was the Election Commission. Pressure on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar grew after the Indian Express reported that his two fellow commissioners had formally raised concerns at least 14 times in ten months. The concerns covered voter-list revisions, registration procedures and the commission's digital systems. The commission has removed more than 130 million names from the rolls, and millions have appealed. The commission replied that differing views are a normal part of its internal deliberations and that all its actions were lawful.
The CJP did not accept that. It set three demands: Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, a freeze on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the rolls, and a hold on upcoming polls. On 2 October, Gandhi Jayanti, thousands of young people packed Mumbai's Shivaji Park. That night Dipke promised that if Kumar stayed, "cockroaches from across India" would march to Delhi's Jantar Mantar on 10 October. He added that wherever police stopped them would become their Jantar Mantar.
As of now the Delhi police contained furthur protests of the CJP and other cockroaches who joined with them. However, what keep the BJP government from taking stern measures against those who are behind the CJP protests. 'Alert' is very sure that some outside elements who does not want to come into the picture is planning the game from behind the curtains.Do you agree?
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