{"id":18342,"date":"2026-08-30T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18342"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:16:39","slug":"cjp-netas-not-saints-nothing-wrong-in-having-political-ambitions-wangchuk-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=18342","title":{"rendered":"CJP netas not saints&#8230; nothing wrong in having political ambitions: Wangchuk | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133637112,imgsize-110492,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg\" alt=\"CJP netas not saints... nothing wrong in having political ambitions: Wangchuk\" title=\"Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that's acceptable if platform remains non-party.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that's acceptable if platform remains non-party.\">Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that&#8217;s acceptable if platform remains non-party.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sonam-wangchuk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> has said Abhijit Dipke and his fellow organisers of the Cockroach Janta Party movement appear to have political ambitions, but there is nothing objectionable in this as long as the student platform retains its non-party character.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Wangchuk, in a Prakhar Gupta Xperience podcast, said Dipke and the others had not disclosed any plans to him and his view was based on his own assessment. \u201cPolitical ambition is very normal,\u201d he said. \u201cPast political connections I don\u2019t care about, present and future political aspirations are not a problem.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cThey are not such saints that they want absolutely nothing and are doing all this entirely selflessly,\u201d he said, referring to the possibility that the organisers had personal or political aspirations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Assessing their suitability for leadership, Wangchuk described the organisers as \u201cwell meaning\u201d, \u201cquite skilled\u201d and \u201cabove average\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cWell meaning but unskilled\u201d could create difficulties, while \u201cvery skilled but ill meaning\u201d would pose a much greater danger, he said.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Asked whether they could become corrupt, Wangchuk said he had seen no such indications. \u201cPeople go through changes, and I hope they won\u2019t,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Wangchuk said the organisers could join an existing party or launch a new one later, but must not turn the CJP platform into their political vehicle. He said he had advised them to preserve it as a \u201cneutral, apolitical pressure group\u201d, arguing that this would help retain the trust of supporters who saw it as a students\u2019 movement rather than an organisation aligned with BJP, Congress or AAP.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Wangchuk acknowledged that his own standards sometimes led him to expect public figures to have no political ambition. That, he said, could be unrealistic because the organisers were ordinary people entitled to pursue political careers. Beginning such a career by championing an education-related cause could, in fact, be positive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He also expressed hope that participation in the movement would help them emerge as more mature and grounded politicians. \u201cI am actually happy about that,\u201d Wangchuk said of their taking up public issues.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/cjp-netas-not-saints-nothing-wrong-in-having-political-ambitions-wangchuk\/articleshow\/133637108.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that&#8217;s acceptable if platform remains non-party. NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said Abhijit Dipke and his fellow organisers of the Cockroach Janta Party movement appear to have political ambitions, but there is nothing objectionable in this as long as the student platform retains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sonam-wangchuk.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Sonam Wangchuk says CJP organisers may have political ambitions, but that&#8217;s acceptable if platform remains non-party. 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