Congress cold, others in Opposition warm to CJP protest at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) On a day when hundreds gathered at Jantar Mantar here responding to the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) call, the Opposition stood vertically split into two camps -- a sceptical Congress on one side, while the rest of the parties cheered on from the sidelines. While a section of the Congress trashed the CJP protest, calling it "performative" and a "brainchild of the AAP", the party's official line was more focussed on underlining that its youth and student wings have done more in fighting for the rights of the students affected by paper leaks and creaky digital infrastructure. In stark contrast, the rest of the Opposition -- not just the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with whom CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke was associated in the past -- threw its weight behind the CJP's campaign. Many prominent faces from the Left even landed up at Jantar Mantar. Seen from that lens, the CJP's first ground-level campaign also laid bare, yet again, the cracks in the Opposition ranks, widening