Abhijeet Dipke stated protests in Bangladesh and Nepal are being used to defame his group. Taslima Nasreen had drawn parallels between CJP protests and a past Bangladeshi student movement. The CJP founder asserted that their protests are fundamentally different from those abroad. In a separate development, the CJP extended support to students protesting examination irregularities. A student leader in Jharkhand began an indefinite hunger strike demanding an investigation.