Abhijeet Dipke to appear before MeitY panel over blocked CJP X account

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said he would appear before a MeitY review committee regarding the withholding of the group's X account. The development comes as the party continues its protest at Jantar Mantar seeking Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday said he would appear before a committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) regarding the withholding of the group’s X account.

According to reports, MeitY had earlier asked Dipke to appear in person at its headquarters on Wednesday for a hearing on the government’s blocking of the CJP’s account.

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“Today at 3 PM, I will personally appear before the Review Committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology regarding the withholding of our account, @CJP_2029,” Dipke said in a post on X.

This is significant as Dipke has been leading a CJP sit-in, which entered its fifth day on Wednesday, at Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations and the NEET paper-leak controversy, and has refused to leave the protest site.

The CJP took social media by storm soon after its launch on May 16, following a controversy over remarks made by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, which were widely interpreted as likening unemployed youths to “cockroaches”.

The original X handle of the digital satirical outfit was withheld in India on May 21, following which the group resurfaced with a new handle, ‘Cockroach is Back’.

On Tuesday, the protesters at Jantar Mantar held a “diaper donation drive” as part of their campaign to demand Pradhan’s resignation.

In the evening, Dipke shared a video of the protest, showing protesters waving diapers and chanting “Go Pradhan Go”.

The CJP has maintained that the protest will continue until Pradhan resigns.