CJP names zonal appointees and coordination committees across 10 states and regions

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday announced the appointment of zonal in-charges and the formation of state and regional coordination committees across 10 states and regions as part of its organisational expansion. Kshitij Pagar has been appointed as the in-charge of the West Zone, while Dr. Vivek Sangwan will head the North Zone.

Muhammad Junaid and Geegraj Jorli have also been named members of the North Zone Coordination Committee. The outfit has additionally set up coordination committees for Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Haryana, Jharkhand, the Northeast, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand. According to a press release, the Uttar Pradesh committee has 16 members, followed by Maharashtra with 15, Jharkhand and the Northeast with 14 each, Bihar with 13, West Bengal with 12, Haryana with six, Rajasthan with five, Uttarakhand with six and Jammu and Kashmir with four.

These committees will coordinate the organisation’s activities in their respective areas and help strengthen its grassroots presence. The CJP first emerged as a satirical online initiative in May this year after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s remarks referring to unemployed young people as “cockroaches.” Founded by Abhijeet Dipke, it later evolved into a youth-led mobilisation platform focused on unemployment and irregularities in examinations. The outfit went on to organise a 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi over the NEET-UG paper leak, demanding accountability and the resignation of then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who stepped down on July 25.

Since then, it has also raised other issues, including the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and has demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The group had also extended support to the INDIA bloc’s November 1 rally in Delhi against the revision exercise.