New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he believes the founders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have political ambitions, while stressing that there is nothing wrong with aspiring to enter electoral politics.
Speaking about his association with the CJP founders during a podcast, Wangchuk said his view was based on his own assessment of their conduct and interactions. He clarified that none of them had directly told him about plans to pursue politics.
Wangchuk said he does not see political ambition as something negative and believes more young people should consider entering public life. He suggested that young leaders could either join established political parties or create new political platforms of their own.
He also addressed criticism surrounding his association with CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, who had previously been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party. Wangchuk said a person’s past involvement with a political party does not automatically make their participation in a public movement inappropriate.
Wangchuk worked alongside Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka during a prolonged student protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi that sought the removal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
According to Wangchuk, he had repeatedly advised the CJP founders that they could pursue political ambitions in the future, but the student movement itself needed to remain separate from partisan politics.
He said maintaining an independent and neutral platform was important because it allowed the movement to function as a pressure group without being identified with any political party.
Wangchuk added that he was satisfied that the organisers respected this approach during the protest. He maintained that young people with political aspirations can play an important role in public life, provided movements created for broader causes retain their neutrality.
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