Published : 04 Aug 2026, 12:09 AM
Updated : 08 Sep 2026, 09:29 AM
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has rejected comparisons drawn between the Indian group's New Delhi demonstrations and historic student-led unrest in Bangladesh and Nepal.
He firmly distanced his organisation from regional revolutions across South Asia cautioning that external political analogies are being weaponised to misrepresent Indian student activism, The Times of India said on Monday.
The clarification follows comments from exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin, who drew parallels between CJP’s agitation over Indian examination discrepancies and the 2024 student-led movement in Bangladesh that led to the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Taslima remarked that the movement in Dhaka had ultimately "fooled us".
Speaking to the Press Trust of India (PTI), Dipke insisted that attempts to equate CJP's movement with uprisings in Dhaka or Kathmandu are disingenuous, asserting: "Protests in Bangladesh, Nepal are being used to defame us; we are different."
CJP is broadening its nationwide campaign against alleged recruitment flaws.
Following a direct video conference with student leaders, Dipke publicly pledged solidarity with ongoing hunger strikes in Jharkhand, where activists are demanding an independent inquiry into state recruitment procedures, the report added.
Taslima, who recently returned to Kolkata after nearly two decades in exile, earlier described Hasina’s overthrow as "anti-democratic" and called for the ousted leader’s return to Bangladeshi politics, according to NDTV.
The author’s sharp critique comes as Hasina remains in India following her 2024 resignation, having since been sentenced to death in absentia by the International Crimes Tribunal over her regime's deadly crackdown on student demonstrators.
