Ajinkya Shinde, appointed National Organisation In-charge of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), took charge of the Jantar Mantar 2.0 protest in Delhi after key leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were detained. The protest, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter-roll irregularities, continued with Shinde leading the movement this week, according to livemint.com.
Shinde, a 35-year-old Maharashtra native and former IT professional, resigned from his job to work full-time for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He first met Dipke in 2016 and has since been active in political organizing, including working on the Goa Assembly elections and serving as AAP convener for Pimpri-Chinchwad and Maharashtra Youth Wing. His appointment as CJP’s organisation head has drawn attention due to his past AAP affiliation, with social media posts showing him alongside AAP leaders, livemint.com reported.
The protest movement against the CEC’s alleged voter-roll irregularities has seen participation from various activists, including Neha Bora, president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), who was detained near INA market along with CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and activists Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav. Bora urged protesters to assemble at Safdarjung Flyover after police blocked access to Jantar Mantar, highlighting the movement’s persistence despite detentions, per livemint.com.
The CJP protest continues to draw attention in Delhi, with Ajinkya Shinde leading the efforts at Jantar Mantar while other leaders remain in detention. Neha Bora’s call for assembly at Safdarjung Flyover signals ongoing mobilization, as reported by livemint.com.