Politics

CJP Names Zonal In‑Charges and Sets Up Coordination Committees Across Ten States

By PTI

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) announced on Saturday that Kshitij Pagar will serve as West Zone in‑charge and Dr. Vivek Sangwan as North Zone in‑charge. The party also formed coordination committees for Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Haryana, Jharkhand, the Northeast, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand. The Uttar Pradesh committee will have 16 members, Maharashtra 15, Jharkhand 14, the Northeast 14, Bihar 13, West Bengal 12, Haryana six, Rajasthan five, Uttarakhand six and Jammu and Kashmir four. Muhammad Junaid and Geegraj Jorli were named members of the North Zone Coordination Committee. The committees are tasked with coordinating the party’s activities in their regions and expanding its grassroots presence, according to a press release.

The CJP began as a satirical online initiative in May after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant referred to unemployed young people as “cockroaches.” Founded by Abhijeet Dipke, it evolved into a youth‑led mobilisation platform that focuses on unemployment and examination irregularities. The party staged a 36‑day protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the NEET‑UG paper leak, demanding accountability and the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who stepped down on July 25. It has since taken up other issues, including the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and called for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The CJP also supported the INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally in Delhi against the revision exercise.