Following the assaults on the Cockroach Janta Social gathering (CJP) staff in Rajasthan, a number of social media customers claimed that CJP convenor Ashutosh Ranka was accompanied by a person who had earlier been discovered calling for demolishing the Parliament and frightening Nepal-like violence throughout the July 20 protest in Delhi.
As a part of its ‘College Thik Karo’ initiative, a CJP workforce visited a authorities faculty working from a buffalo shed at Rampura in Kanwarpura space of Jaipur district in Rajasthan once they had been allegedly attacked. They reported being overwhelmed with sticks and pelted with stones. CJP later accused the attackers of being affiliated with the BJP.
On August 21, X person Workplace of Vijay Patel (@VijayGajeraO) claimed that Ranka had arrived with “goons” who needed to assault Parliament and set off Nepal-style mass violence in India. The submit featured a collage evaluating a person accompanying Ranka with one other man seen in a viral video from the CJP protest. The latter had allegedly stated that Parliament can be attacked and a Nepal-like scenario created if Dharmendra Pradhan didn’t resign. (Archive)
Ashutosh Ranka got here with the goons who needed to assault the parliament and needed to trigger Nepal-style mass violence in India. pic.twitter.com/yoKV2KnetZ
— Workplace Of Vijay Patel (@VijayGajeraO) August 21, 2026
The deal with is run by Proper-wing influencer Vijay Patel who claims to be an investigative journalist. The submit has garnered over 850,000 views.
Abhijit Iyer Mitra (@Iyervval), one other Proper-wing influencer, shared and amplified the declare. (Archive)
An important a part of this video isn’t what occurred at the moment. It’s the truth that this video captured a acknowledged intent to commit violence on twentieth July exterior parliament. Additionally that removed from being “outsiders”, the rioters had been the truth is core CJP members. https://t.co/r0VbwXGEfU
— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) August 21, 2026
The submit amassed over 150,000 views.
One other pro-BJP deal with person, Raushan Sinha (@Mrsinha), additionally shared the same comparability, claiming that the person who as soon as threatened to show India right into a Nepal-like scenario throughout the protest is now a CJP volunteer. His submit learn, “From threatening Parliament to changing into a ‘volunteer’ for CJP, fairly a journey for the champions of democracy.”
The submit gained round 100,000 views, and thereafter it was deleted.
This isn’t the primary time that such comparisons have been made. Instantly after the July 20 protest, it was claimed that the person who known as for Nepal-like violence had been seen sitting with Abhijeet Dipke, and was a CJP core member.
Truth Test
A more in-depth examination of the 2 visuals — the Rajasthan video and the Jantar Mantar footage — reveals that the comparability is flawed, as they’re two totally different individuals.
The person seen with Ashutosh Ranka and the CJP workforce is Vijay Sherawat, who hails from Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Alt Information discovered a video that Sherawat had shared in response to the older declare, by which he defends himself towards false accusations. He clarifies that he was not the identical one who remarked {that a} Nepal-like scenario can be created in India and the Parliament can be set afire if Pradhan didn’t resign.
Within the video uploaded on July 31, Sherawat acknowledged, “It’s the IT cell people who find themselves participating on this low-level politics to defame the CJP workforce. I’m not that particular person.” He additionally strongly condemned the remarks made by the opposite particular person throughout the protest and known as for applicable punishment for these feedback.
अंधभक्तों से सावधान🚨#cockroachjantaparty #abhijeetdipke pic.twitter.com/rYrYDxhjKA
— Vijay Sherawat🇮🇳 (@vijaysherawat5) July 31, 2026
The person whose video went viral throughout the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march has additionally been recognized as Saurav Singh, who claims to be a physiotherapist by occupation.
Under is a comparability between the a screengrab from the viral menace video and a close-up shot of Singh from a reel he shared on Instagram:
To sum up, the person who provoked violence and threatened to set the Parliament ablaze isn’t the identical one because the one seen with Ashutosh Ranka throughout the CJP workforce’s go to to Rajasthan or with Abhijeet Dipke in an older video. The person seen with the CJP leaders is Vijay Sherawat. The person who issued threats at Jantar Mantar is Saurav Singh.
After the submit by @VijayGajeraO was known as out as false, the person reshared it with a corrigendum acknowledging the mistake. Nonetheless, the false declare has not been taken down.
