“Stay Tuned – the cockroches are just getting started,” read the Instagram post of the CJP, after the founder Abhijeet Dipke claimed crackdown on party’s X handle and official website.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical outfit launched on social media by Abhijeet Dipke, on Sunday claimed that the “cockroaches have just gotten started” and the party aims to build an independent, youth-driven movement focused on holding the government accountable and amplifying youth voices.
The outfit, which emerged as a online protest after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s “cockroach” remarks, attracted a massive support from Indian youth on social media and crossed an extraordinary number of 22.8 million followers on Instagram. The party’s Instagram page overtook the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Instagram followers count, which currently sits at approximately 8.8 million followers on the platform, in just a span of a week.
While the CJP garnered significant attention and support soon after its launch, questions remain about what lies ahead for the satirical outfit. Will it fade into the sea of countless meme pages, or evolve into a more tangible political force?
Well, the answer, has emerged from the Cockroach Janta Party’s own social media page.
“Stay Tuned – the cockroaches are just getting started,” read the Instagram post of the CJP, after the founder Abhijeet Dipke claimed crackdown on party’s X handle and official website.
According to a post on the CJP Instagram page, the outfit acknowledged that while it began as a satirical voice, it quickly “resonated with crores of young Indians frustrated with systemic issues like paper leaks, unemployment, and a lack of accountability in the system.”
View this post on Instagram
“As the movement continues to grow exponentially with each passing day, there is growing public curiosity around the direction it will take in the days ahead. We want to make it clear – we want to build an independent, youth-driven movement focused on amplifying the concerns of young people and holding the government accountable. Our values align with the Constitution of India. Taking inspiration from our nation’s founders – Gandhi, Ambedkar, Nehru, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, we believe in secularism, democracy and social justice,” the post read.
