Archive · 10 Oct 2026
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.
- When
- He spoke on Friday; the article says this was less than 24 hours before his grandmother died.
- Where
- At a Loksatta-organised event in Mumbai; his grandmother died in the family’s village in Hingoli.
- Why
- He was discussing the effect of his public activity on his family.
- 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.