Abhijeet Dipke breaks silence on US education funding, cites scholarship and loan; shares documents
CJP founder Dipke also shared a scholarship document with information about the funding. The document showed that Boston University awarded a Dean's Scholarship of $12,500 per semester for three semesters, amounting to $37,500 to Dipke who returned from the US on 6 June to lead protests.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has addressed concerns about the funding of his education in the United States. Dipke, who received a scholarship from Boston University and took an education loan, shared a document showing the $37,500 in funding. He also mentioned plans to raise funds for CJP through crowd-funding and confirmed that people participated in Jantar Mantar protests voluntarily, with sympathetic lower-rung police officers.
An RTI activist questioned how Dipke's father, a junior engineer earning ₹60,000-65,000, could afford his son's education abroad. Dipke has filed complaints with the Maharashtra Government, Election Commission of India, and Central GST regarding the legal defense fund announced by Kapil Sibal.
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