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Abhijeet Dipke Describes His Family’s Cost of CJP
Abhijeet Dipke leads a group called the Cockroach Janata Party.
He spoke in Mumbai about how his public activities affect his family.
He said both his parents were in hospital during a protest in July.
He did not go to see them because he worried people would think he had abandoned the protest.
He said his mother is afraid when he leaves home.
She cried when he recently travelled to Bengaluru.
Dipke spoke less than a day before his grandmother died in the family’s village.
He was later detained at Delhi airport while on his way to a protest at Jantar Mantar.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke spoke at a Loksatta-organised event in Mumbai on Friday.
He said his parents were both hospitalized during the Jantar Mantar protest in July.
Dipke said he did not leave the protest to visit them because he feared people would say he had run away.
He described his mother’s fear when he leaves home and said she cried when he recently went to Bengaluru.
His remarks came less than a day before his grandmother died in the family’s village in Hingoli; he was later detained at Delhi airport while travelling to the Jantar Mantar protest.
- Who
- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party.
- What
- He spoke about the personal and family costs of his public activity and protests.
- Where
- At a Loksatta-organised event in Mumbai; his grandmother died in the family’s village in Hingoli.
- When
- He spoke on Friday; the article says this was less than 24 hours before his grandmother died.
- Why
- He was discussing the effect of his public activity on his family.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Abhijeet Dipke, Cockroach Janata Party founder
- Event
- Loksamvad, an interaction organised by Loksatta
- Event location
- Mumbai
- Family health
- Dipke said both his parents were hospitalized during the Jantar Mantar protest in July.
- Grandmother
- She died in the family’s village in Hingoli, less than 24 hours after Dipke spoke.
- Airport detention
- Dipke was detained at Delhi airport while on his way to the Jantar Mantar protest.
Quotes
Abhijeet Dipke
Founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).
“My mother and father were both admitted to the hospital during the Jantar Mantar protest (in July). I didn’t speak about it anywhere because I didn’t want sympathy. I couldn’t go see them because if I left, they would say ‘Abhijit ran away’.”
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“Even today, I see fear in my mother’s eyes when I step out, whether I’ll return or not. When I left for Bangalore recently, my mother was crying. That is the cost you have to pay today.”
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