Cockroach Janta Party unveils national team, Abhijeet Dipke named convener, check full list

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced its national leadership team, with founder Abhijeet Dipke taking charge as the National Convener as the youth-led outfit looks to build a nationwide organisational network.

The appointments were announced after a two-day meeting of the CJP core team, with Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka named Co-Conveners. Ajinkya Shinde has been appointed National Organisation In-Charge, while Deepak Baliyan will serve as Organisation Co-In-Charge and North Zone Lead.

Aafreen Nawaz has been appointed National Secretary and Ratna Singh will head legal affairs. Vaishnavi Gaur will oversee research and policy, while Rohan Deshpande has been given charge of technology. Vijay Reddi Mallangi will lead media operations.


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Yogesh Ingale has been appointed Finance and West Zone Lead, while Ankit Bhardwaj will oversee the East and Northeast zones.

CJP national team:
Founder & National Convener: Abhijeet Dipke (30)

• Co-Conveners: Ashutosh Ranka (30), Saurav Das (27)
• National Organization In-Charge: Ajinkya Shinde (35)
• Organisation Co Incharge: Deepak Baliyan (26)
• National Secretary: Afreen Nawaz (34)
• Media Lead: Vijay Reddy Mallangi (30)
• Legal Affairs Lead: Ratna Singh (31)
• Research & Policy Lead: Vaishnavi Gaur (29)
• Technology Lead: Rohan Deshpande (31)
• Finance Lead: Yogesh Ingale (33)

Zonal Leadership:

• North Zone: Deepak Baliyan (26)
• South Zone: Vijay Reddy Mallangi (30)
• East & North East Zones: Ankit Bhardwaj (35)
• West Zone: Yogesh Ingale (33)

The new leadership will oversee CJP's planned organisational expansion, including state coordination committees, Lok Sabha-level units and city-level teams over the next six months.

The leadership reshuffle comes as CJP prepares to expand its grassroots outreach through a nationwide membership drive. The organisation has invited students, young professionals and workers to join its platform and has said it is not collecting funds through the membership campaign.

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CJP is also planning its 'Kya Bolti Public' campaign in September, under which its members will travel across states and engage with citizens on issues such as unemployment and education.

Despite establishing a formal national structure, CJP has said it has no immediate plans to contest elections. It has positioned itself as a public pressure group focused on grassroots mobilisation, accountability and reforms. Environmentalist Sonam

Activist Sonam Wangchuk will continue as a mentor to the organisation.

The party has also said it stands with students protesting in Jharkhand and plans to send a delegation to Ranchi to meet the protesters and take up their demands with the state government.