The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) official Instagram account was allegedly suspended on Saturday morning, with party founder Abhijeet Dipke claiming that the move was an “attempt to silence” the outfit on Independence Day.
Dipke took to X at around 6:16 am to claim that Instagram had taken down the CJP’s official handle.
“They took down the official Instagram handle of the Cockroach Janta Party. B***dy cowards!” he wrote.
“CJP’s Instagram handle was taken down this morning but we have been able to successfully recover the account,” Dipke posted in a subsequent update.
The alleged suspension came on and has triggered questions over the reason behind the account’s brief removal. As of now, there is no specific reason shared by Dipke or Instagram on the temporary suspension.
CJP to launch ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign on Independence Day
After helming the Jantar Mantar protests that led to the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Cockroach Janta Party will now launch its ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign, aimed at improving infrastructure and accountability in rural government schools. The campaign will begin in Dipke’s village in Hingoli district of Maharashtra on Independence Day.
The campaign will be launched from Santuk Pimpri village at 7.30 am, an official release said on Friday.
Talking to reporters after returning from Delhi, Dipke said, “I will commence the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign in my village and request the sarpanch there to repair the local government school and make sure that the school has the basic amenities like benches and drinking water.”
”We have formed teams who will visit villages and request people and sarpanchs to take steps to improve the condition of schools, because we want to get this done with everyone’s participation,” he added.