GUWAHATI, SEP 28 (PTI): CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka on Monday said the outfit was seeking to expand its base across the Northeastern states and had been receiving positive responses.
He said Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) would focus on issues concerning students and youth in the region and provide them a platform to raise their concerns. “The CJP will reach out to all Northeast states, and the response has been good so far. The Northeast is important for us,” Ranka said, a day after Assam Police detained him and more than 40 other CJP members for around 10 hours ahead of a volunteers’ meet-up here.
Ranka said people in the Northeast were looking for a platform that would take up issues concerning students and youth, and CJP would offer that alternative. On Sunday’s police action, Ranka reiterated that it was “completely illegal”, claiming that they were picked up from private property.
The CJP leaders and volunteers were picked up from Chowdhury Tila, opposite the state secretariat at Dispur, which is the residence of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) leader Kunki Chowdhury.
They were released late on Sunday evening.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026