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.
Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) which has taken the younger generation of the country by storm given the number of its online followers, has alleged fresh action against his social media presence. Dipke has claimed that his personal Instagram account has been hacked, while the party’s backup Instagram account was also briefly taken down amid its explosive growth online before it was restored hours later.
Dipke stated that his personal Instagram account had allegedly been hacked and that he had lost access to it, triggering concerns among supporters of the satirical youth-driven movement that has dominated political conversations on social media in recent days.
According to screenshots shared by Dipke, he repeatedly attempted to recover his personal Instagram account through Meta’s recovery process but failed each time.
Whenever he clicked on the “recover it now” option, the platform displayed the message: “We locked your Instagram account for your safety. To recover your account, you’ll need to verify your identity and create a new password”.
Dipke claimed that the same response continued to appear despite multiple recovery attempts, leaving him unable to regain control of the account.
“CJP’s backup Instagram account also taken down,” Dipke wrote on X, sharing an earlier post announcing his Instagram account had been compromised.
“Please note that we currently do not have access to any of our platforms. Any post made after this should not be considered an official statement from the Cockroach Janta Party,” Dipke clarified on X.
PARTY X HANDLE SUSPENSION, RE-APPEARANCE
The latest controversy follows another setback for the party earlier this week when the CJP’s X handle was withheld in India.
However, the group quickly returned to the platform with a fresh account titled “Cockroach Is Back”, where it mocked critics and hinted that attempts were being made to silence the movement because of its growing popularity.
One of the posts shared by the party read, “You thought you can get rid of us? Lol”, while another suggested that the account action came after the CJP overtook major political parties on Instagram.
CJP’S POPULARITY SPIRALS
What began merely days ago as an internet satire campaign has now transformed into one of the country’s fastest-growing digital political movements.
The CJP recently surpassed the BJP in Instagram followers and later even overtook the 141-year-old Congress, becoming the most-followed political outfit on the platform within days of its launch.
The meteoric rise has been largely driven by Gen Z users, memes, online activism and frustration surrounding unemployment, exam paper leaks and political accountability.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CJP
The movement has also sparked intense political reactions online. Supporters of the ruling BJP have labelled the outfit a potential “threat to national security”, with some social media users alleging possible ISI links and coordinated backing from opposition parties.
At the same time, several opposition leaders, activists and public figures have openly engaged with the movement or expressed support for it, fuelling further debate around the phenomenon and intensifying political attacks on the BJP over the sudden rise of the CJP.
THE INCEPTION OF CJP
The Cockroach Janta Party was founded by Abhijeet Dipke, a Boston-based former social media campaign worker associated with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.
The movement emerged after controversial remarks allegedly made by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who was accused online of comparing unemployed youths and activists to “cockroaches” and “parasites”.
Though the Chief Justice later clarified that his remarks had been misquoted, the backlash soon snowballed into a massive online campaign.
Operating under the slogan “Secular, Socialist, Democratic, Lazy”, the CJP describes itself as “a political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth”.
Its manifesto combines satire with serious demands, including electoral reforms, greater institutional accountability, women’s reservation and action against exam-related irregularities such as the NEET controversy.
