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Two youths on hunger strike against CJP founder hospitalised
Two youths, Manish Brahmabhatt and Rahul Pandya, who were on an indefinite hunger strike in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, were admitted to hospital on Monday…
The Story in Brief
Two youths, Manish Brahmabhatt and Rahul Pandya, who were on an indefinite hunger strike in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar against the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, were admitted to hospital on Monday after their health deteriorated. They accuse the CJP leadership of favouritism and excluding grassroots members from the new core committee announced on August 6.
Brahmabhatt alleged the police forcibly shifted them to hospital but said the agitation would continue. Two new volunteers have replaced them at the protest site. The duo claim they supported Dipke during the Jantar Mantar agitation but only his close associates were invited to the core committee meeting.
The Indian Opinion
This protest highlights a familiar tension in upstart political movements: the gap between grassroots expectations and top-down decision-making. The CJP leadership should not dismiss internal dissent as irrelevant, even if the protesters' claims are contested. Whether Dipke responds with a dialogue or silence will determine if the party learns from this test of its internal democracy.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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