CJP event in Kolkata cancelled, Ashutosh Ranka alleges threats from BJP leaders

The Cockroach Janta Party has alleged that an event that was supposed to take place in Kolkata on Tuesday evening had to be cancelled after hall owners backed down due to "threats from BJP leaders" and "massive pressure from the state".

In a post on X, CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka wrote that "Our scheduled Kolkata Meet-Up at Bharat Sabha Hall in North Kolkata has now been cancelled after the owners received threats from BJP leaders." He claimed that alternate venues could not be arranged after their owners refused, writing, "six other halls refused stating massive pressure from the state".

The CJP had organised a "meet-up" at the Bharat Sabha Hall, an auditorium in North Kolkata, where Ranka was supposed to attend and interact with participants.

Ranka attested that the cancellation of the planned event was evidence that the



Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government in West Bengal was apprehensive about the CJP's acitivities in the state and said that the organisation would arrange a "much bigger event" in the future.

"This only reinforces the fact that the BJP is scared from the cockroaches. And while we will indeed miss out on interacting with thelovely Cockroaches of Bengal, we promise to make up for it with a much bigger event very soon", Ranka wrote.

He then stated that the CJP would continue to carry out the school thik karo (fix the schools) campaign in West Bengal, that has seen activists across India document neglected government-run educational institutions, particularly in rural and remote regions.

"Most importantly, Cockroaches of Bengal will continue to visit govt schools and push the Bengal govt to get them fixed", Ranka wrote on X.