Cockroach Janta Party

Abhijeet Dipke has countered Kiren Rijiju's suggestion that the Cockroach Janta Party drew support from Pakistan and George Soros-linked networks.

As the Cockroach Janta Party gained popularity, a swarm of imposter accounts became active, trying to weaponise its name to harvest followers and mislead people.

India Today Fact Check found that all five clips are old and are related to factory workers' protests in Noida in April this year.

The Cockroach Janta Party said its website and social media accounts were taken down on Saturday. The claim drew fresh online backing for the student-led satire movement born from anger over exams and unemployment.

Vir Das called the alleged crackdown on Cockroach Janata Party social media accounts a “dumb move,” saying it only strengthened the movement, after founder Abhijeet Dipke claimed several CJP accounts were hacked or withheld.

Cockroach Janta Party has taken over the Indian social media space. It is a joke, you should laugh with it and then move on.

The development comes just hours after CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke publicly stated that his personal Instagram account had allegedly been hacked and that he had lost access to it.

The Cockroach Janta Party's Instagram handle has overtaken India's oldest political party, the 141-year-old Congress, in terms of followers. The CJP had earlier overtaken the BJP. With this, the cockroach party has overtaken every Indian political party within just five days of its existence.

Google Trends data between May 15 and May 22 shows a sharp rise in search interest for “Cockroach Janta Party”.

Satirist Kamlesh Singh breaks down the Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon and points out that the Gen Z in India is not a monolith, like the ones in Nepal or Lanka.

A genomic study has traced the German cockroach back to human settlements in India or Myanmar around 2,100 years ago. The findings link its global spread to trade and colonial shipping, recasting a familiar urban pest as an accidental South Asian export.

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has launched an online petition seeking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over the NEET 2026 paper leak row. The campaign has amplified student anger and renewed demands for accountability in the examination system.

Cockroach Janta Party has exploded across social media in India ever since it was launched a week ago. With virality, has come a raft of allegations. Several BJP leaders have alleged that the party had 50% followers from Pakistan and its founder was an 'ISI asset'. What's the truth?

As the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) rapidly gains traction online, questions are mounting whether is linked to the Aam Aadmi Party. A former civil servant who joined the CJP quit after putting a question on its independence and getting no reply from its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, even after 24 hours.

The cockroach is known for being difficult to eliminate. Following the massive online traction for India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), several similar satirical accounts have now emerged in Pakistan. One of them, the Cockroach Awami Party, is presenting itself as an alternative to mainstream Pakistani political parties.

What began as a satirical response to a courtroom comment has snowballed into one of social media's loudest political trends. Prakash Raj's latest 'cockroach eating mangoes' video has only added more flavour to the viral moment.

Konkona Sen Sharma has unfollowed the Cockroach Janata Party account after initially following the viral satire page. However, celebrities like director Anurag Kashyap and actor Dia Mirza are still following the account.

The Cockroach Janta Party overtook BJP's Instagram followers' count, was blocked on X, and then came back. A lot happened throughout the day with the viral, satirical sensation that refuses to fade from public attention. Here's a recap.

Two trademark applications have been filed for “Cockroach Janta Party,” the satirical political outfit that emerged after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s “cockroach” remarks during a Supreme Court hearing.

A satirical political campaign, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), born online after the Chief Justice of India's remarks on unemployed youth, has crossed 10 million Instagram followers in five days. The Abhijeet Dipke-founded CJP has managed to surpass the ruling BJP's follower count.