{
  "id": 1851534,
  "title": "Abhijeet Dipke reacts to NDA leader's ‘join the party’ offer: ‘Wasn’t I anti-national for you just a month ago?’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/abhijeet-dipke-reacts-to-nda-leaders-join-the-party-offer-wasnt-i",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:28:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/abhijeet-dipke-reacts-to-nda-leaders-join-the-party-offer-wasn-t-i-anti-national-for-you-just-a-month-ago-11787105648928.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke has expressed skepticism towards Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's proposal for him to join Athawale's Republican Party of India (A), or RPI (A). Dipke questioned the timing of Athawale's offer, stating that he was once deemed anti-national by Athawale just a month ago. The RPI (A) is a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and is rooted in the Dalit Buddhist movement and the vision of Dr BR Ambedkar. Dipke, who had announced earlier that CJP would not transform into a political party but would instead function as a pressure group, returned to India from the US to lead an agitation against the NEET-UG paper leak. He recently criticized students for being asked to sweep classrooms in a government school, asserting that cleaning staff should handle such tasks.",
  "summary": "The Union Minister had said that Dipke should join RPI (RPI(A) to fulfil Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's dream, strengthen society and the party.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}