Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Chairperson Abhijeet Dipke has laid down the ground rules for the organisation’s course after the nationwide protest in the wake of the NEET-UG paper leak, adding that it won’t turn into a political party.
In the wake of the CJP decision to tackle a host of wider public problems, such as unemployment among students and growing apprehensions about the government’s ethanol-blended fuel policy, Dipke said the organisation will now concentrate on more public issues along with the core committee meetings in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra.
Dipke emphatically said that he would not get involved in politics because of the “eroded” trust in political parties and critical political institutions.
The groundswell of support during the NEET-UG protest made it clear that citizens were not only concerned about education-related matters but were also seeking more accountability for institutions like the judiciary, media, Election Commission and political leadership, he added.
What India requires now is a more powerful “citizens’ movement” to put “constructive pressure” on institutions, not another political party, Dipke said. The CJP will be a forum that will continue to raise issues for the ordinary people and champion transparency and reforms through peaceful democratic methods, he said.
It is hoped that the core committee meeting will complete the committee’s future agenda and tackle how this can be extended nation-wide. The leadership will also discuss important policy matters and campaigns the organisation will be engaging in during the next few months, as part of its wider public movement.