In what could be the first meeting between CJP leaders and a section of the Opposition, a few Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Derek O’Brien and CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, have been invited to an exclusive Diwali party on Saturday hosted by CJP leader Saurav Das.
The change has been driven by a series of public exchanges, beginning with Gandhi’s assertion that there were no parallel protests against the CEC, followed by his condemnation of the arrest of CJP activists and the group’s subsequent endorsement of the Congress-led INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally.
Nation above all!” On October 28, Dipke backed the Ramlila maidan rally and said, “The Cockroach Janta Party extends its support to the INDIA Bloc’s November 1 rally.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke responded with a public thank-you, acknowledging Gandhi’s intervention on behalf of the arrested activists. Because the Congress leader had, until then, largely avoided publicly associating himself with the outfit, the exchange was significant.
