'We are different': Dipke after Taslima says Bangladesh student movement 'fooled' us
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, rejected comparisons between his group's protests and the student movement in Bangladesh. He also pledged support for students protesting recruitment irregularities in Jharkhand.
Why it matters
The statement clarifies the political positioning of a fringe protest group amidst broader regional discussions about student-led political change.
NEW DELHI: Responding to remarks by exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday said comparisons between the group's protests and student movements in Bangladesh and Nepal were misplaced."Protests in Bangladesh, Nepal are being used to defame us; we are different," Dipke told PTI.Nasreen had on Sunday drawn parallels between the CJP-led protests in Delhi over alleged examination irregularities and the 2024 student-led movement in Bangladesh that led to the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government.She said the student movement in Bangladesh had "fooled us".In a separate development, CJP extended support to students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, as a…
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