Congress sent invite to Abhijeet Dipke for Rahul Gandhi’s high tea
The Indian National Congress has extended an invitation to Abhijeet Dipke of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) for a high tea hosted by Rahul Gandhi. This move signals a potential shift in the Congress party's strategy toward smaller political groups and protest movements.
Why it matters
This reflects shifting political alliances and the Congress party's attempt to consolidate opposition forces against the current government.
Signalling a shift in its approach towards the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the Congress is learnt to have made an attempt to reach out to the group’s leader, Abhijeet Dipke, on Tuesday to invite him and the CJP to a high tea hosted by Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for leaders of the INDIA bloc, civil society representatives and student leaders. Most of the Congress leadership had been skeptical of the CJP, which emerged as a social media trend in May and then went on to lead the demonstration against exam paper leaks at Jantar Mantar in June-July resulting in the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Education Minister. A large section of the Congress leadership still views the CJP as an offshoot or front of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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