‘If Youth Won’t Bring Change, Who Will?’ Abhijit Dipke Joins MPSC Protest in Pune
Pune, 4th October 2026: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and convener Abhijit Dipke on Sunday extended support to protesting Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) aspirants in Pune and demanded the resignation of MPSC Chairman Vivek Bhimanwar.
Dipke joined the ongoing protest near S. M. Joshi Bridge, close to Abasaheb Garware College, and interacted with students gathered at the site. The protesters are demanding accountability over concerns related to examination procedures, recruitment, transparency and alleged irregularities in the MPSC process.
Speaking to reporters, Dipke said the CJP supported the students’ demand for Bhimanwar’s resignation.
“I have come here to support the ongoing agitation of MPSC students in Pune. There are nearly 20 lakh MPSC aspirants across Maharashtra whose future hangs in the balance due to repeated paper leaks. Despite this crisis, the government fails to understand the gravity and seriousness of the issue,” Dipke said.
He said the CJP would continue to support the students until their demand was addressed.
“The students demand that Bhimanwar must resign. The Cockroach Janta Party completely supports this demand. Until his resignation is secured, this agitation will continue, and our party will stand firmly with the students,” he said.
‘Youth Must Drive Change’
Responding to questions about allegations of attempts to suppress student protests, Dipke said young people should take an active role in raising issues affecting their future.
“If the youth won’t bring change, who will? It is a question of their very future,” he said, adding that India’s large young population could play an important role in bringing about change.
Dipke also spoke about his experience of participating in protests in Delhi and urged the MPSC aspirants to maintain unity and continue their mobilisation around their demands.
Dipke Questions Election Process
During his interaction with the media, Dipke criticised the BJP’s electoral victories, alleging that the party was winning states it had failed to capture even at the peak of the “Modi wave.” He attributed those results to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar rather than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and alleged that election outcomes were being predetermined. Demanding Kumar’s resignation and a freeze on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Dipke claimed that these steps would reveal how many seats the BJP could genuinely win.
“Unless Gyanesh Kumar resigns and free and fair elections are ensured, participating in such elections serves little purpose because outcomes seem predetermined,” he alleged.
‘We Will Not Stop Fighting’
Asked about police complaints and FIRs registered against him following demonstrations in Mumbai, Dipke said he was prepared to face the legal proceedings.
“File as many cases as you want. We are ready to face and endure every single case, but we will not stop fighting to save the democracy of this country,” he said.
The protest near Garware College has emerged as a gathering point for MPSC aspirants in Pune, who have been raising concerns over examination and recruitment procedures and seeking greater transparency and accountability from the commission.
The CJP said its participation was aimed at supporting the protesting aspirants and highlighting their concerns regarding the functioning of the MPSC.
