Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical political outfit “Cockroach Janta Party,” has alleged that political parties are attempting to target and hack his social media accounts.
BJP scared of Cockroaches?@CJP_2029 @abhijeet_dipke pic.twitter.com/SrzAnZnx7L
— The Cockroach Youth 🇮🇳 (@indraj143_m) May 20, 2026
A Google Form with four eligibility criteria — unemployed, lazy, chronically online, ability to rant professionally — has, within five days, generated over 80,000 formal registrations, 2 million social media followers across platforms, a five-point political manifesto, an AI-generated election symbol, and a website. The Cockroach Janta Party did not start as a political project. It started as a one-line joke in response to a remark by the Chief Justice of India.
What CJI Surya Kant said — and what happened next
On May 15, during a Supreme Court hearing on a contempt petition related to senior advocate designations, CJI Surya Kant made an oral observation from the bench. The CJI said, “There are youths who are like cockroaches, who do not get any employment… they go on to become media, social media and RTI activists and start attacking the system.”
The clip circulated within hours. On May 16, CJI Surya Kant issued a clarification saying the media had misquoted him — that his remarks were specifically directed at those who had entered the legal profession using fake degrees, not the country’s youth at large. The clarification did not slow the internet down.
Who founded the Cockroach Janta Party
Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old postgraduate student at Boston University studying public relations, shared a Google Form on X on May 16 inviting people to register for the Cockroach Janta Party. His first post read: “Launching a new platform for all the ‘cockroaches’ out there. Eligibility criteria: unemployed, lazy, chronically online, ability to rant professionally.”
Dipke previously worked with the social media team of the Aam Aadmi Party between 2020 and 2022, playing a role in creating meme-driven content during the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections. That background has become the central line of attack from BJP-aligned commentators, who argue the movement is not organic but an extension of the opposition’s digital ecosystem dressed in satire.
How big has it gotten
Within three days, formal registrations crossed 1 lakh and the movement’s social media presence aggregated over 2 million followers across platforms — making it the fastest-growing satirical political movement in Indian internet history. Two Trinamool Congress MPs — Mahua Moitra and Kirti Azad — publicly expressed interest in joining.
The manifesto and the BJP clash
The CJP’s five-point agenda is where satire shades into pointed politics. The movement’s official account posted a formal statement affirming the party’s commitment to the Indian Constitution, and released a Five-Point Agenda including a demand that no Chief Justice be granted a Rajya Sabha seat as a post-retirement reward. The account has also explicitly stated: “It doesn’t matter to us which party you belong to (except for BJP) — if you want to save democracy, support #CJP2029.”
BJP-aligned commentators argue that beneath its comedic surface, the CJP’s platform systematically advances opposition stances — targeting the judiciary, Election Commission, corporate interests, and media — in language familiar to the anti-BJP ecosystem, and that it uses outrage and online mobilisation to create the impression of an organic youth uprising.
Dipke rejects that framing. In an interview, he said the CJP will not align with any political party, and that if opposition leaders want to publicly support it, that is fine, but the intention is to create an independent platform for young people.
Why it landed the way it did
The movement emerged in the same month that NEET UG 2026 had to be cancelled and rescheduled to June 21 following a multi-state paper leak affecting 22.79 lakh students. A generation navigating exam fraud, graduate unemployment, and rising costs heard the country’s top judge use the word cockroach — and decided to own it.
As Dipke put it: “We will not change the name. The youth connect with it. The word ‘cockroach’ symbolises resilience and survival. If that is how the system sees us, then why not own that identity?”
Note: Reports of CJP social media accounts being hacked or claims by the founder accusing specific parties of hacking are currently unverified. This article will be updated as that develops.