New Delhi, 30 August (H.S.): Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk, who participated in a hunger strike during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) movement, believes that CJP leaders Abhijit Dipke, Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka may have political interests of their own. However, he wants the organisation to continue functioning as a pressure platform rather than turning into a political platform, saying that doing so could undermine its credibility and purity.

Wangchuk made the remarks during an interview with YouTuber Prakhar Gupta. He said he did not believe that the people leading the CJP were saints or spiritual figures and that they could have their own political ambitions. He also said there was no guarantee that they would not become corrupt in the future.

“I examined the matter closely and felt that they would certainly have political ambitions, and perhaps there is nothing wrong with that. However, the platform was not started by you as a political party, so its purity should be preserved. It should remain a neutral political pressure group, which would allow you to accomplish more. The platform itself should not become political so that people's faith in it remains stronger,” Wangchuk said.

He added that the CJP leaders could, at a later stage, join an existing political party or launch a new one, but the platform itself should not be given a political colour.

“This platform, in which people have seen a students' movement, should not be given a political colour,” he said.

Wangchuk said he had so far seen no indications that the CJP leadership had become corrupt, but maintained that it was impossible to predict what they might do in the future.

According to his assessment, the leaders are more capable, intelligent and aware than average, but their future actions cannot be predicted with certainty. He stressed that while political ambitions may exist, preserving the CJP as a neutral pressure platform would help maintain public trust in the movement.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar