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'Like Valves on a Pressure cooker...suppressing It Would Be Disastrous': Shashi Tharoor on Cockroach Janata Party
The satirical movement spread across Instagram and X after 30-year-old founder Abhijeet Dipke said it gave young Indians a voice.
- Political strategist Abhijeet Dipke launched the Cockroach Janta Party on May 16, 2026, after remarks attributed to Chief Justice Surya Kant triggered online outrage, with the satirical campaign spreading through mock political messaging on Instagram and X.
- The satirical campaign rapidly gained traction using fake posters and slogans to critique governance and unemployment, while regional versions continue circulating content even after restrictions on the main CJP handle.
- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav posted "BJP banam CJP" on X, turning satire into direct political jab, while MPs Mahua Moitra and Kirti Azad publicly asked to join the movement on the platform.
- Yadav argued the government's crackdown exposed insecurity, saying "Those who cannot take a joke are themselves a joke," while Singhar urged the government to listen to youth expressing anger through CJP instead of suppressing them.
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor defended the movement, arguing "Democracy's great virtue is the outlets it provides for public sentiment," and compared CJP to a pressure-cooker valve allowing frustration to release peacefully before turning to unrest.
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The cockroach party Janta has recently taken the social media by storm. The group has gained over 19 million followers on the platform in less than a week, almost double the number of followers of the government. The party's name is a distortion of the name of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which has tried to stop the spread of the cockroach party on social media. However, Janta is not a real political party. The judge's comments started the…
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