The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, has been detained. So is its top leadership. Dipke’s close associate, Ajinkya Shinde from Maharashtra, has now been tasked with leading the CJP protest over alleged electoral illegalities until other leaders are freed.
Before deciding to quit his job, he had served as the AAP’s convener for Pimpri-Chinchwad. After resigning, he dedicated a year to the Goa election work, but failed to secure a seat for the AAP.
Thereafter, he moved to the AAP’s Maharashtra team, where he served as a social media coordinator and the convener of its Maharashtra youth wing, according to multiple reports.
Earlier reporting noted: He was also among the CJP leaders who spearded the pressure group’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign aimes that improving the condition of government schools across India.
Ajinkya Shinde has urged supporters to keep pushing towards Jantar Mantar and stage a protest wherever they are stopped
Dipke made the announcement in a video posted on the CJP handle. “If you are watching this video, it means that I, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka have been arrested. In our absence, Ajinkya will lead the protest and the CJP movement. Shinde urged supporters to keep pushing towards Jantar Mantar and stage a protest wherever they are stopped. “The government is scared of our unity. Please come to Jantar Mantar.
Please follow him,” he said. If the police stop you, turn that very spot into Jantar Mantar,” he said in a statement.
