Jatin Anand

BJP Rajya Sabha candidates list features 11 nominees, including key party leaders and recent entrant Debashish Samantaray for the Odisha bypoll.

The BJP currently has 113 members in the Upper House, with the NDA tally at 148 as part of the 245-member Rajya Sabha.

Cockroach Janta Party’s chief spokesperson Saurav Das said protesters ‘of all political shades’ were welcome to join their sit-in protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday.

Dipke, who is in Boston, is scheduled to land in the national capital around 8 am on Saturday, following which he and prominent activists, including Sonam Wangchuk, intend to go to the Parliament Street police station to seek the permissions required for the protest.

The 2,000-odd personnel who will be deployed in the New Delhi district have been directed to avoid confrontation with the protesters and to try to keep them calm through persuasion, sources said.

Cockroach Janta Party protest: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke secured permission from the Delhi Police to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar soon after landing in India on Saturday. A team of senior police officials met him at the airport. The Cockroach Janta Party has now asked protesters to directly reach Jantar Mantar and […]

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke urged supporters to ensure that the Jantar Mantar protest over the demand that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan be sacked was held peacefully.

Dipke began his speech while holding a copy of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s autobiography.

Following a ground demonstration at Jantar Mantar, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke is reportedly planning similar protests until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns or is sacked.

While issues raised by them need to be addressed, senior BJP leaders don’t see need for govt to talk to the protesters.