K Annamalai Takes On BJP Over Delhi Police Crackdown on CJP Leaders
Politics in this country never stays quiet for long. Just when you think things have settled a bit, another war of words flares up. This time it’s former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai going hammer and tongs at the Centre and his old party over the way Delhi Police handled the Cockroach Janta Party, […]
Abhijeet Dipke’s Message to the “Cockroaches”: Take a Pause, Be WitBh Family, and See Who the Real Leaders Are
Look, these past few months have been wild, right? One viral post in May turned into something nobody saw coming. Abhijeet Dipke, this 31-year-old guy from a Dalit family who’d been studying in Boston, posts six simple words after the Chief Justice’s “cockroaches” remark about unemployed youth: “What if all cockroaches come together?” And boom […]
CJP’s Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka Approach Delhi High Court Challenging Two-Day Judicial Custody Extension
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court, challenging a Special Executive Magistrate’s order that extended their judicial custody by two more days. Their lawyer has sought an urgent hearing, arguing that the activists should not spend another minute behind bars and that their liberty […]
CJP Protest 2.0 in Delhi: Youth Group Vows to Keep Fighting After Leaders Freed
This weekend in Delhi with the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP as everyone’s calling them. What began as an online jab at a remark by the Chief Justice months ago has turned into real protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. And right now, on this Sunday, the second day of their […]
Delhi’s Locked Down and the Streets Are Loud Everywhere Else
The Cockroach Janta Party, these young folks who got fed up with being called names, wanted to gather at Jantar Mantar. They’re saying the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, messed up the voter lists big time with that Special Intensive Revision thing. Lots of people who should be on the rolls got dropped, they claim, […]
Delhi on High Alert for October 10 CJP Protest – No Permission, Trains Cancelled, Thousands Claimed Held
Delhi is really tense right now. Tomorrow, 10 October, the Cockroach Janta Party and a bunch of Left student groups – AISA, SFI, AISF – plus some AAP student outfits want to hold a big protest at Jantar Mantar. They’re demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar step down. The whole thing is over the Special […]
Morning Digest: CJP, Left groups allege supporters detained ahead of Oct. 10 protest; Air India, IndiGo cancel and divert Riyadh flights after missile threat, and more
Tomorrow’s protest in Delhi is already heating up. CJP and the Left student groups – SFI, AISA, AISF and the rest – are saying their people are being stopped left and right before they can even reach the capital. They’re claiming students from Pune got pulled off midway and put on a bus to some […]
Delhi Police Misbehaved With Women Protesters At Jantar Mantar: Rahul Gandhi
You know how sometimes you hear something and it just sits heavy in your chest? That’s exactly how this whole thing at Jantar Mantar feels right now. On Saturday, while people were out protesting and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls revision process, things turned […]
Jantar Mantar Protest LIVE: Section 163 Imposed, Delhi Cops Say Slogan Shouting, Dharnas and Public Speeches Not Allowed
If you’re in Delhi or just keeping an eye on what’s happening today, Friday 2 October, things around Jantar Mantar are locked down pretty tight. It’s Gandhi Jayanti, so a holiday, and a bunch of student groups plus some activists had called for a protest against the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. They’re angry about […]
Jantar Mantar Season 2 Coming Very Soon, Says CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke
Abhijeet Dipke from the Cockroach Janta Party, is already talking about round two. And he says it’s coming very soon. It was Wednesday, just a few weeks after they packed up the 36-37 day agitation at Jantar Mantar. Dipke was in Delhi’s Naraina area with a bunch of volunteers. They had planned a proper indoor […]
