Despite its humorous origins, the CJP group quickly became a lightning rod for India’s disaffected young people.
The movement is led by Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old political communications strategist and former student at Boston University.
He has said that the movement was started as a joke, but after offering the option to sign up to the movement through a Google form, he received tens of thousands of responses.
This propelled it forward into becoming a serious protest group, and on 9 July it announced a march to parliament to take place on Monday.
The march took on added significance because of the treatment of Sonam Wangchuk, a well-known engineer and activist.
He had been on hunger strike for 20 days in support of the CJP party at Jantar Mantar, a 300-year-old observatory in Delhi, which is often the site of protests.
On Saturday, the 59-year-old was forcibly taken to hospital, prompting outrage from CJP supporters and drawing further attention to the protest movement.
