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India: Viral 'Cockroach' party to take message to the streets
India’s Cockroach Janta Party started as an online youth movement, taking aim at the country’s government over high unemployment and inflation. But after gaining huge traction online, it is now set to take its message to the streets with a protest planned for this Saturday in New Delhi. Its leader, currently based in the US, has planned to return to India for the demonstration, even if he fears being arrested.
India's viral 'Cockroach' party has millions of followers. What investors need to know
A youth political movement in India that has gone viral on social media — and that has a cockroach as its mascot — will face its first offline popularity test on Saturday as it plans a protest in New Delhi. Within weeks of its launch in mid-May, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) amassed over 22 million followers on Instagram. The pseudo-political CJP was launched on May 16 by political communications strategist and Boston university student Abhijeet Dipke in response to comments by India's...
Viral Indian youth movement Cockroach Janta Party hits Delhi streets for first protest
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India’s Cockroach Party fights attempts to discredit the movement
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India's 'Cockroach Party' chief flies to New Delhi for protest
The founder of India's satirical online "Cockroach People's Party" said he was flying back to New Delhi on Friday, to take the viral social media campaign to the streets. The parody "Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP) – echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – has won millions of online followers on social media since its launch last month.
HC issues notice to Centre, X on plea against blocking of Cockroach Janta Party account
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India's 'Cockroach' youth movement founder arrives in New Delhi to protest Modi
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India's 'cockroach' political movement spills onto Delhi's streets
India's viral 'cockroach' political movement spills onto Delhi's roads Sun 7 Jun 2026 at 5:06am In short: Hundreds gathered in the Indian capital New Delhi as part of the online political movement, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The protesters called for the country's education minister to resign over recent exam paper leaks. CJP's founder has returned to India to lead the first ever protest of the growing online cockroach movement.
What is India’s Gen-Z ‘cockroach’ movement and why is it a worry for Modi?
What is India’s Gen-Z ‘cockroach’ movement and why is it a worry for Modi? The "Cockroach Janta Party", led by 30-year-old Boston University graduate Abhijeet Dipke, draws support from young people frustrated by a lack of jobs. What started out as a social media joke among Gen Z is turning into an irritant for the political establishment in India, as the "Cockroach Janta Party" draws support from young people frustrated by a lack of jobs and a string of controversies in the education system.