Abhijeet Dipke reacts to offer to join NDA camp: ‘Wasn't I anti-national for you a month ago?'
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, publicly questioned an offer to join the BJP-led NDA, citing the irony of being labeled 'anti-national' by the same coalition just a month prior. The offer followed protests regarding education system reforms and exam leaks.
Why it matters
This exchange illustrates the volatile nature of political alliances and the use of 'anti-national' rhetoric in contemporary political discourse.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has responded to Union minister Ramdas Athawale’s offer for him to join the Republican Party of India (A). The political outfit is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.“Abhi ek mahine pehle toh me anti-national tha tumhare liye?” (Just a month ago, wasn't I anti-national for you?)" Dipke wrote on Instagram, sharing a Hindustan Times report. Dipke gets offer to join BJP-led NDAAthawale on Monday said Abhijeet Dipke should consider joining his party to “fulfil Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's dream” and help strengthen society and the RPI (A).ALSO READ | Dipke gets offer from Union minister to join BJP-led NDA faction: ‘We are a government that…’ “I think Abhijeet Dipke is an Ambedkarite. He is active and young. He should consider joining Republic Party of India (A),” Athawale told reporters.
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