photo courtesy : Deccan Herald
New Delhi, 03 October– A post by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke thanking Mamata Banerjee for backing his movement was restricted today on X, prompting him to respond that he would not be surprised if his account was taken down before October 10.
X displayed a message saying the post was restricted “due to local regulations”. The post had thanked Banerjee after she publicly expressed support for the CJP and its agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
“Thank you @MamataOfficial ma’am for extending your support to the cockroach movement! All Indians need to come together to save democracy!” Dipke had written on X.
Trinamool Congress National Joint Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien shared the post before it became inaccessible. He said Banerjee had “come out strongly in support of Cockroach” and that Dipke had thanked her for the backing.
O’Brien also suggested that the government was behind the restriction, describing it as the action of a “scared” government.
Dipke later shared O’Brien’s post and wrote: “Won’t be surprised if the govt takes down my handle before Oct 10.”
The episode follows Banerjee’s public backing of the CJP’s agitation on Friday. Speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport after returning from Delhi, where she had attended an INDIA bloc meeting, the Trinamool Congress leader said: “We are fully supporting the Cockroach (Janta) Party and all the young generation and students.”
The CJP has been campaigning for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing concerns over electoral processes and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The organisation had held a protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday demanding Kumar’s resignation. Dipke told the gathering that the CJP would hold another protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on October 10 if Kumar did not step down.
Thousands attended the Mumbai demonstration despite the police denying permission for the event, according to media reports.
Dipke said the October 10 protest would be peaceful and appealed to citizens who wanted free and fair elections to join it.
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