Abhijit Dipke, Saurabh Das, or Ashutosh Ranka: Inside the professional backgrounds and funding of CJP leaders

Founders and leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), namely Abhijit Dipke, Saurabh Das, and Ashutosh Ranka, recently came into the limelight due to arrests in demonstrations in New Delhi. Given the continued popularity of this viral political satire Gen-Z movement that attracts massive youth participation and discussion online, much interest has been generated around the career background and financial lifelines of CJP leaders.

Professional background and career of CJP leaders

The team behind the movement consists of people with varied professional experience and credentials, spanning the areas of public policy and investigative journalism.

Abhijit Dipke: The founder and national convenor of CJP is a political communications strategist who has an MS degree in public relations from Boston University. Prior to founding CJP, Dipke was working as an advisor to the digital media wing of Aam Aadmi Party and as a communications consultant in the education department of the Delhi government.

Saurabh Das: He serves as the co-convener and chief spokesperson for the movement and is an independent investigative journalist and RTI activist earning from freelance work in journalism and media commentary.

Ashutosh Ranka: He serves as the co-convener and chief policy strategist of the CJP and has been educated at IIT Kanpur and has earlier served as a consultant for McKinsey based in London. Also, he has been associated with the Delhi Assembly Fellowship Program.

How is the finances of the Cockroach Janta Party organised?

There are usually questions pertaining to the financial organization of the unregistered movement which come up during any big political rally. According to the statements of the leaders of the movement, the movement mainly financed itself by means of the savings of the people and their individual contributions while it was in its online phase.

The leaders of the CJP have always been clear about the fact that the movement does not have any registered corporate bank accounts or financing from any institutions.