From India Against Corruption to CJP: Abhinandan returns to Jantar Mantar

This Gen Xer is late to the party! But what a party it was. A BJP minister has resigned, Gen Z has tasted victory, and an OG andolanjeevi has returned to his old adda.

Long before the Cockroach Janta Party arrived at Jantar Mantar, Abhinandan Sekhri spent years here protesting — from the RTI amendments to the Jan Lokpal movement, as one of the founders of what became India Against Corruption.

More than a decade later, he returns to see what has changed. Who are the people behind CJP? What did Gen Z get right? Is this a movement, a moment, or just one very successful Jantar Mantar rendezvous?

Join Abhinandan for a very intergenerational vibe check — part nostalgia trip, part investigation into how Gen Z got together to script one of the biggest wins against the Modi government in recent times. How was CJP different from IAC?

Credits

Host: Abhinandan Sekhri

Camera: Rajender, Ashish, Chanchal

Sound: Manoj

Producer: Chanchal

Editors: Satish, Chanchal

Ground Intern: Anshu

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