Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday accused the BJP of drifting away from the message of its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and alleged that the party had begun to see itself as bigger than the organisation.
Speaking at a press conference in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dipke referred to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent remarks at the ‘One World One Humanity’ conference in New York. Bhagwat had said that a Hindu who believed India should have no Muslims was not truly a Hindu.
“I have been saying from the beginning that BJP leaders need to start heeding Mohan Bhagwat’s advice,” the CJP founder said.
Dipke attacks Modi over Gen Z remark
Dipke also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP government’s response to Gen Z protests.
“Bhagwat had earlier said that Gen Z protesters should not be called anti-national, but soon after that, Modi came up with the term ‘Dimaagi Naxal’,” he said.
“It was clear that he was not listening to Bhagwat. If you do not want to listen to us, at least listen to your mentor, the RSS. You are in government because of them.”
CJP to resume protest in Delhi
Dipke said the CJP would hold a protest in New Delhi on September 5, with demonstrators assembling at India Gate and marching towards the police headquarters.
“It will be a peaceful march, and I believe it will be bigger than the Jantar Mantar protest,” he said.
The protest, he said, would focus on the withdrawal of FIRs against protesting students and compensation for families of those who died by suicide following the NEET paper leaks.
“These demands were agreed to by the union ministers we spoke with after Jantar Mantar,” he said.
“But despite repeated attempts to engage with the government, no resolution has been reached. We have now started believing that the government is deliberately adopting delaying tactics, leaving us with no option but to resume our protest.”
Questions over electoral roll revision
Dipke also questioned the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls after 3,400 filled forms were reportedly found with a BJP worker in Navi Mumbai.
“Where is the transparency in this process?” he said.
He also alleged irregularities in the exercise in West Bengal and said around 90% of initially excluded people were later found eligible.
The activist also expressed support for Maratha reservation campaigner Manoj Jarange-Patil and said he would visit his hunger-strike site soon.