NEW DELHI (The Thursday Times) — Abhijeet Dipke, jis activist ne India ke naujawanon ki qiyadat mein chalne wali "Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP) ko Wazir-e-Azam Narendra Modi ki hukumat ke khilaf ehtijaji tehreek bana diya, ne Modi ko "India ka dekha hua sab se bara buzdil" qarar diya hai, aur kaha hai ke un ka mulk ke sab se oonche uhde par hona "afsosnak" hai.
Delhi Police ki hirasat se apni rihai ke aik din baad X par post kiye gaye taqreeban 8 minute ke video bayan mein, Dipke ne Modi par ilzam lagaya ke woh ikhtilaf ka seedha samna karne ke bajaye "police, courts aur sarkari mashinery" ke peeche chhup kar naqidin ko daraate hain. Unhon ne dalil di ke asl taqat zyada taqatwar mukhalif ke khilaf bolte rehne mein hai — naujawan activists ke khilaf riyasti taqat istemal karne mein nahin.
Yeh bayan aise waqt aaya jab Dipke ke CJP ke do saathi, Saurav Das aur Ashutosh Ranka, Tihar Jail mein adalati hirasat mein hi rahe. Peer ko Special Executive Magistrate ne un ki hirasat mein do din ka izafa kar diya. Das aur Ranka qaumi parcham lehrane Delhi ke Jantar Mantar gaye thay aur baad mein unhein paanch din ki adalati hirasat mein bhej diya gaya, jabke Dipke ka kehna hai ke un ki adalati sunwaiyan baar baar mulatwi ki gayin.
Dipke ne kaha ke unhon ne pichhle din Das ki maa se baat ki thi, aur un ke hawale se bataya ke un ka beta "itni aasani se toot jane wala nahin". Unhon ne bataya ke hirasat ke bawajood donon adalat mein "muskurate hue" pesh hue.
The CJP has led two major waves of protest against the Modi government since May 2026, the first over irregularities in India’s national medical entrance exam, NEET. The movement traces back to a social media post by Dipke responding to remarks by a Supreme Court judge that were widely read as comparing unemployed Indian youth to cockroaches; the judge later said his comments had been misconstrued. The protests culminated in the July resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a rare cabinet exit under Modi.
In his latest statement, Dipke also accused Modi of being a “sell-out” to US President Donald Trump, claiming the prime minister had surrendered Indian interests under “a little pressure” from Washington. He further criticised the government’s record on jobs, referencing an earlier remark by a senior BJP figure that appeared to dismiss youth unemployment by citing roadside snack-selling as a viable livelihood, and asked why that figure’s son now led the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Dipke, who said he had been jailed twice by the Modi government, argued that the crackdown was backfiring and drawing more young Indians into the movement rather than deterring them.
The claims made in Dipke’s statement are his own and have not been independently verified. There was no immediate response from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Modi government, Delhi Police or the courts beyond confirmation of the extended custody of Das and Ranka.
