Justice Markandey Katju Questions the Funding and Objectives of the 'Cockroach Janta Party'
- Katju on the 'Cockroach Janta Party': Two Questions on Funding, Protests, and Youth Politics
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Justice Markandey Katju raises questions about the funding, leadership, protest strategy, and political objectives of the group he refers to as the 'Cockroach Janta Party.'
Two questions for the Cockroach Janta Party ( CJP )
By Justice Markandey Katju
I have 2 questions for the CJP :
(1) CJP's protest today at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, was reportedly bigger than the previous one. Organising this must have cost a lot of money.
CJP seems to have a large IT team posting on social media, and it seems to have branches and workers in numerous states in India. I cannot believe that all these folks work pro bono. Setting up such a big organisation in such a short time requires huge funding.
Abhjeet Dipke, the founder and leader of CJP, is flying around all over India, staying in hotels and travelling in cars. He was just a student in Boston, USA, before coming to India ( and it is strange why he came to India at all, instead of pursuing his studies in Boston ).
So, where is the money for all this coming from?
It seems to me this whole CJP movement has been financed by some foreign agency with an ulterior motive. Does this not call for an IB investigation ?
(2) Today, 20th June, the CJP organised a gathering in Jantar Mantar, Delhi to demand the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Education Minister.
There are 3 things I have to say in this connection :
(1) Dharmendra Pradhan will only resign if PM Modi tells him to, not because of shouting and screaming of anyone, and certainly not because of shouting and screaming by cockroaches.
(2) There is a principle of administration never to concede any demand, however justified, under pressure, for doing so creates the impression that the ruler is weak, & then numerous other demands by many people will immediately come.
By holding public protests in many cities, the CJP has applied pressure. So now there is no question of the government conceding this demand.
(3) Even if Dharmendra Pradhan resigns, he will only be replaced by another Education Minister. How will this solve any problem of our youth ?
I regret to say that most Indian youth do not consider all this, but instead seem to be hypnotised and mesmerised by that empty-headed buffoon Abhijeet Dipke, ( as they were earlier by that empty-headed buffoon Anna Hazare ), and follow him blindly like the children following the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
(Justice Katju is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India and a former Chairman of the Press Council of India. These are his personal views.)
