Journalists filed into the Deputy Speaker Hall at the Constitution Club of India well before the stipulated time. Seating ran out quickly, with some journalists settling on the floor.
It was a press conference that marked the first time the Cockroach Janata Party’s newly appointed spokespersons interacted with the media, fielding questions and articulating the party’s position amid swelling public interest. The briefing came just days before the movement’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, is set to return to India on June 6.