Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:31pm on 11 Aug 2026,Tuesday India
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday said he would not travel to Jharkhand to join students protesting alleged irregularities in state recruitment examinations, saying he did not want to “hijack” the movement. Dipke strongly condemned Monday’s police action against protesters, calling it a “brutal lathi-charge”. Thousands of students and job aspirants had marched towards the Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe. Police used water cannons and tear gas after protesters breached multiple barricading layers. Protesters alleged that police also used lathis, injuring several people, including student leader Devendra Nath Mahato, who had been on a nine-day hunger strike.
