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Young People in India Flock to ‘Cockroach’ Party
The parody movement uses memes and satire to channel youth anger over unemployment, corruption and exam leaks.
- On May 16, public relations graduate Abhijeet Dipke founded the Cockroach Janta Party , a parody movement that amassed more than 15 million Instagram followers by Thursday, far surpassing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party's 8.8 million followers.
- Indian Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant sparked the backlash during a May 15 hearing, describing unemployed youth and activists as "parasites" and comparing them to "cockroaches" for attacking institutions.
- The CJP manifesto channels youth frustration into satire, proposing a 50 per cent reservation for women in parliament and a 20-year ban on politicians defecting between parties, while membership requires being "unemployed, lazy, chronically online, and able to rant professionally."
- By Thursday, the CJP's X account was withheld in India following a legal demand, as critics dismissed the movement as "performance theatre" rather than meaningful political organizing.
- Dipke stated the movement may move offline if required, addressing an acute crisis where unemployment among graduates aged 15 to 25 is close to 40 per cent across India.
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With the cockroach party, the Indian youth protest with biting ridicule against unemployment.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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The People's Party of Cockroaches was born with satirical intent, but the enormous success among the young lazy and unemployed could turn it into another
·Italy
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The Independent (US)Why millions of Indians are proudly calling themselves ‘cockroaches’
The Cockroach Janta Party has become one of India’s fastest-growing movements after a Supreme Court judge compared unemployed young people to ‘cockroaches’. Shahana Yasmin reports
·London, United Kingdom
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