{"id":29885,"date":"2026-07-02T20:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/im-an-artist-not-a-politician-diljit-dosanjh-distances-himself-from-cjp-protest-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:47:39","slug":"im-an-artist-not-a-politician-diljit-dosanjh-distances-himself-from-cjp-protest-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/im-an-artist-not-a-politician-diljit-dosanjh-distances-himself-from-cjp-protest-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m an artist, not a politician\u2019: Diljit Dosanjh distances himself from CJP protest | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132140772,imgsize-1906874,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/diljit-dosanjh-has-clarified-his-stance-on-the-ongoing-cockroach-janata-party-cjp-protest-at-jantar-mantar-photo-credit-xdiljit-dosanjh.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018I\u2019m an artist, not a politician\u2019: Diljit Dosanjh distances himself from CJP protest\" title=\"Diljit Dosanjh has clarified his stance on the ongoing Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: x\/@Diljit Dosanjh)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Diljit Dosanjh has clarified his stance on the ongoing Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: x\/@Diljit Dosanjh)\">Diljit Dosanjh has clarified his stance on the ongoing Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: x\/@Diljit Dosanjh)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Punjabi superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/diljit-dosanjh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Diljit Dosanjh<\/a> has distanced himself from the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, saying he is an artiste and not a politician.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The actor addressed the issue during an Instagram live session on Wednesday evening while responding to questions from fans, news agency PTI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>When asked whether he would join the CJP protest over alleged irregularities in exams and the NEET paper-leak controversy, Diljit said, \u201cKeep me away from all this. Bro, I\u2019m an artist. I\u2019m no politician, I don\u2019t know what you think I am.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>He then quoted a line from the Guru Granth Sahib, \u201cNanak dukhiya sab sansar, so sukhiya jis naam aadhaara\u201d, which means everyone in the world is dealing with sadness, and only those who rely on God are happy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cLook, everything in this world can never be right. So, those who are protesting, congratulations to them, and for whom the protest is happening, congratulations to them also, as I don\u2019t know anything,\u201d he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>In 2020, Diljit had supported the farmers\u2019 protest against the now-repealed farm laws.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>In May this year, he ruled out entering politics after a civil society group appealed to him to do so.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cMy job is to entertain people. I\u2019m very happy in my field. Thank you so much,\u201d he had posted on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The CJP has been protesting at Jantar Mantar since June 20, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET paper-leak controversy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>(With agency inputs)<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/im-an-artiste-not-a-politician-diljit-dosanjh-distances-himself-from-cjp-protest\/articleshow\/132140556.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diljit Dosanjh has clarified his stance on the ongoing Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar (Photo credit: x\/@Diljit Dosanjh) NEW DELHI: Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh has distanced himself from the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, saying he is an artiste and not a politician.The actor addressed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}