New Delhi, May 27 -- A lawyer from Haryana's Panipat has filed an application with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to register the online satirical collective Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in his own name, separately from its US-based founder Abhijeet Dipke, people aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Sudhir Jakhar, the lawyer calling himself the party's national convener, submitted the application to the ECI secretary for registration. The application carries the CJP's cockroach logo and Jakhar's designation as a lawyer. A Jakhar-registered CJP could claim its social media handles. The CJP was launched this month amid outrage over Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant's remarks on unemployed youth. Jakhar said the party approached Dipke and urged him to return to India to register the party. He added that Dipke, who is pursuing a master's degree at Boston University, declined to do so. "Seeing the anger among the youth and the scale of what has been built, we felt that if someone else registered the name first and misused it, the entire movement would be lost," Jakhar said. Dipke did not immediately respond to a request for comments. Jakhar was scheduled to appear before the ECI on Tuesday to file the remaining documents. Promotion of fundamental duties under the Constitution's Article 51A, democratic participation, environmental protection and legal awareness are among the objectives that Jakhar submitted to the ECI. If approved, CJP could become a Registered Unrecognised Political Party, the category Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam had when it formed the government in Tamil Nadu this month....