Cockroach Janta Party founder and convener Abhijeet Dipke said that the pressure group’s key member Ajinkya Shinde will lead the protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after he was detained and allegedly taken to an “undisclosed location”.
In the video, Dipke is heard saying that if he and CJP co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Rana are detained, the protest at Jantar Mantar will be headed by the group’s national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde.
CJP shared a pre-recorded video by Dipke that he recorded last night “in anticipation of a potential arrest”.
“If you’re watching this video, that means Ashutosh, Saurav, and I have been arrested. After us, this movement will be led by Ajinkya. Please follow Ajinkya Shinde, he will be carrying forward Cockroach Janta Party after Ashutosh, Saurav, and me,” Dipke is heard saying in the video. He is a key face of the CJP’s Mumbai leg. He was also among the CJP leaders who spearded the pressure group’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign aimes that improving the condition of government schools across India.
Earlier reporting noted: He is expected to reach Delhi by 10 am, a CJP functionary said.
Earlier reporting noted: PM Modi has accepted defeat, says Dipke ahead of CJP’s Jantar Mantar 2.0 Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday (October 10, 2026) left for New Delhi to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “accepted defeat” even before the agitation begins. Earlier reporting noted: At the airport, the CJP founder said the government is “scared” amid an unprecedented clampdown and train cancellations in the national capital.
Ajinkya Shinde is Cockroach Janta Party’s national organisation in-charge was the organiser for the pressure group’s Mumbai agitation held earlier this month.
He was also among the VJP leaders who faced a case gathering illegally and sloganeering in Dadar on Gandhi Jayanti along with Abhijeet Dipke, Pranav Ahire, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde, Saurabh Das, Afreen Nawaz, Saumya Korde, Ankit Bharadwaj, Vijay Malangi and Yogesh Ingle, and over 400 of their supporters. Emerging as a key face of the pressure group, Shinde has gained considerate following on social media, with 23.2k followers on his Instagram.
