SIR protests: Opposition has found common ground. But can it stay united?

NEW DELHI: "All protests are one," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declared on Wednesday as opposition parties rallied behind two Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders sent to judicial custody following demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke welcomed Rahul's support, thanking the Congress leader for standing with the arrested protesters.Just days ago, that was hardly how things looked on Delhi's streets, where Congress and CJP appeared to be competing for space and prominence while leading separate campaigns against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The Congress-led INDIA bloc was organising its own demonstrations, while CJP, which had mobilised thousands of protesters in July, prepared separately for Jantar Mantar 2.0 on October 10.AAP, TMC and the Left were willing to join CJP's agitation, but Congress kept its distance. Their objective was the same, but they were fighting for it separately.