Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday said the group's agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar shared the same cause as the INDIA bloc's protests. Dipke also clarified that CJP would continue to function as an independent pressure group.

Asked whether CJP would join the INDIA bloc's agitation, Dipke said that the two movements were united in their opposition to what he alleged were electoral irregularities involving Gyanesh Kumar. However, the CJP leader ruled out the possibility of CJP merging with or becoming part of a political party.