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Abhijeet Dipke gets cockroach-themed rakhi with ‘istefa’ message this Raksha Bandhan
Dipke shared photographs of him celebrating Raksha Bandhan on his social media handles, with a cockroach-shaped Rakhi seen on his wrist.
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Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke marked Raksha Bandhan in an unusual but familiar way, sharing photographs of his Cockroach-themed rakhi on Friday.
Dipke shared photographs of him celebrating Raksha Bandhan on his social media handles, with a cockroach-shaped Rakhi seen on his wrist. He shared another solo photograph of the rakhi, which had the message, “Rakhi aur isteefa mubarak.”
Dipke founded the CJP, with the cockroach as its distinctive symbol, with the organisation being vocal on youth issues, specifically education. It organised protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar – which continued for 36 days – and other parts of the countries against alleged irregularities in NEET, which ended after the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The term “cockroach” was taken from a remark made by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during a hearing in May, which then sparked the Gen-Z movement. CJI Kant had used the term while criticising what he described as increasing and unwarranted attacks on the judiciary and the legal system.
CJP's ‘School Thik Karo campaign’, Dipke's letter to edu ministers
Following the NEET protests, the CJP launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign earlier this month, in which leaders and volunteers of the outfit visit government schools across the country to inspect their condition.
The initiative was launched on August 15, with Dipke kicking off the campaign by visiting a government school in his native village of Santuk Pimpri in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district.
Under the campaign, Dipke wrote a letter to the education ministers of all states, asking them to answer basic questions regarding the condition of government schools in India. In his letter, Dipke said that even after 80 years of independence, government schools in India lack access to safe drinking water, functional washrooms, proper classrooms and even something as “basic” as benches.
“How can we expect our country to progress when children are still struggling for the most basic facilities required to get an education?” He urged the ministers to treat the condition of public education as an “urgent priority” and work to improve schools on a war footing.
However, CJP continues to face challenges during the campaign, from facing attacks to being denied entry to schools. Dipke, along with others, was booked for allegedly entering a government school without permission. An FIR was registered against him and party worker Ajinkya Shinde at Ausa police station.
