Cockroach Janta Party — Voice of the
Lazy &
Unemployed.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is an Indian political movement founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke, after Chief Justice Surya Kant called unemployed youth "cockroaches and parasites of society." The movement reclaimed the insult, wrote five non-negotiable demands, and grew to over 1 million members and 22 million Instagram followers in under two weeks.
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1M+ Members · 22M Instagram · 0 Corporate Sponsors
We Survive.
// How It Started
How the Cockroach Janta Party Began: A Chief Justice Called Them Cockroaches.
On 15 May 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made a remark from the bench calling unemployed youth "cockroaches and parasites of society." (Wikipedia) By the next morning, Abhijeet Dipke — a political communications strategist from Maharashtra — had registered a domain, written a manifesto, and launched the Cockroach Janta Party.
Within days, 350,000 people had signed up. Within a week, the Instagram account overtook the BJP's follower count. Within two weeks, the number crossed 22 million. Nine out of ten political movements this size take years to build. This one took a bad quote and a good night's sleep.
"Those in power think citizens are cockroaches and parasites. Cockroaches breed in rotten places. That's what India is today."
— Abhijeet Dipke, CJP Founder
// The Five Demands
The CJP Manifesto: Five Demands.
Five demands. Not suggestions. Not aspirations.
Not 'we will endeavour to explore the possibility of.' Demands.
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01 Judicial Independence
When you stop being Chief Justice, you stop being someone we owe anything. A Rajya Sabha seat handed over months after retirement isn't gratitude — it's a receipt. The CJP will cancel that transaction.
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02 Sacred Vote Protection
A deleted vote is an act of violence against a citizen. We treat it that way. Any Chief Election Commissioner who presides over verified vote deletion — in any state, any party's state — faces UAPA. Taking away someone's vote is no less than terrorism. We wrote it in the manifesto so it can't be forgotten by June.
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03 True Women's Representation
Half the country. Half the seats. Not 33% now and the rest 'aspirationally later.' Half. The same rule applies to Cabinet. (We looked it up. Half of 100% is still 50. The maths wasn't hard.)
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04 Free & Independent Media
A news channel that can't criticise the government isn't a news channel. It's a press release with a chyron. Licences for captured media will be cancelled. Bank accounts of anchors-for-hire will be investigated. Not vindictive — just consequences.
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05 End of Party-Hopping
You won a seat on someone else's manifesto. If you switch parties, you didn't just change your mind — you sold theirs. Twenty years out of office. That's not punishment. That's just what consequences look like.
Five demands. Zero sponsors. One stubborn swarm.
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// Who Stands With Us
Who Supports the Cockroach Janta Party.
The CJP doesn't have political patrons. What it has is a long list of people who looked at the five demands and said: those are fair. Among them:
Sonam Wangchuk
Education reformer and climate activist. Publicly backed the movement's demand for judicial accountability.
Prashant Bhushan
Senior advocate and activist-lawyer. Has voiced support for the CJP's stance on judicial independence.
Anna Hazare
Veteran social activist. Supported the movement's calls for transparency and anti-corruption measures.
Shashi Tharoor
Congress MP. Among the first sitting parliamentarians to express support for the CJP's five demands.
Also among those who voiced support: filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, comedian Kunal Kamra, YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, actors Konkona Sen Sharma and Dia Mirza, Trinamool Congress leaders Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, and Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav. (We reckon that's a stranger coalition than any party's ever managed. We're fine with that.) Read more in the CJP blog.
// The Government's Response
CJP vs. the Government: What Happened After Launch.
Nine out of ten online movements get ignored. The CJP did not get that courtesy.
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21 May X Account Withheld
The CJP's X account was withheld under Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act, citing national security. The CJP described this as "a rather large compliment."
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23 May Website Taken Down
The official CJP website was taken down. Dipke announced the alleged government action on social media. The site returned 25 May. They tried to take it down. We came back in two days.
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24 May Instagram Hacked
The CJP's Instagram account — by then the fastest-growing political account in Indian history — was hacked. It was recovered. The followers were still there.
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26 May Delhi High Court Challenge
Dipke challenged the blocking in the Delhi High Court. Two petitions seeking a CBI investigation against the movement were filed by others — and dismissed by the courts.
For context: cockroaches have survived every extinction event for 320 million years. A Section 69(A) notice is, by comparison, manageable.
// Membership Criteria
Are You Eligible to Join the Cockroach Janta Party?
We don't check religion, caste, or gender.
We do, however, have four standards. (Standard here means 'extremely low bar designed to include most of the country.')
Unemployed
"By choice, by circumstance, or by the Indian economy. We're not picky."
✓ QUALIFYINGLazy
"Physically only. The brain doesn't get a day off. The couch does."
✓ QUALIFYINGChronically Online
"If your screen time notification makes you feel personally attacked, you qualify."
✓ QUALIFYINGCan Rant Professionally
"Anyone can complain. We need you to complain at something that deserves it. That narrows it down to basically everything, so you're probably fine."
✓ QUALIFYINGNo fees. No selfies with the leader. No "missed call to register."
// 3 Steps. No Confusion.
How Joining Works.
Enter Your Name & City
No Aadhaar. No OTP that expires while you're still looking for your phone. No background check. Just your name and where you're from. That's the whole thing.
Get Your Member ID
Instant. No approval committee. No 'we'll get back to you in 5–7 business days.' You're in. Welcome to the swarm. (It's warm here. We survive everything.)
Share & Grow the Swarm
Send your member card to someone who'd appreciate it. Preferably someone who's complained about something real in the last 24 hours. That should narrow it down to everyone you know. Questions? Contact us.
// Questions & Answers
People Also Ask.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is an Indian political movement founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke, in response to Chief Justice Surya Kant calling unemployed youth "cockroaches and parasites." The movement reclaimed the insult, paired it with five specific policy demands, and grew to over 1 million members and 22 million Instagram followers in under two weeks.
Abhijeet Dipke, born 29 September 1995 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. A political communications strategist who previously worked with the Aam Aadmi Party. He launched the CJP the day after Chief Justice Surya Kant's remark — registered the domain, wrote the manifesto, and went live.
Not registered with the Election Commission of India. The frustration, however, is fully accredited. Five real demands. Real members from real cities across India. A government response — X suspension, website takedown, court petitions — that suggests those in power are not treating it as a joke.
1. No Rajya Sabha seats for retired Chief Justices. 2. UAPA charges for any official who deletes verified votes. 3. 50% women's reservation in Parliament and Cabinet. 4. Cancel media licences for Ambani and Adani-owned news houses; investigate anchors-for-hire. 5. 20-year ban from office for any MLA or MP who defects to another party.
On 23 May 2026, founder Abhijeet Dipke announced the official CJP website had been taken down, alleging government action. The site returned two days later. The CJP's X account had already been withheld under Section 69(A) of the IT Act on 21 May, citing national security. Dipke challenged the blocking in the Delhi High Court. Two petitions seeking a CBI investigation against the movement were dismissed.
Free. No Aadhaar. No OTP. No processing fee. Enter your name and city — you instantly get a unique CJP member ID. Membership is lifelong and revocable only by you. No fees. No selfies with the leader. No "missed call to register."
Sonam Wangchuk, Prashant Bhushan, Anna Hazare, Shashi Tharoor, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Dhruv Rathee, Kunal Kamra, Anurag Kashyap, and others. Also: over 1 million ordinary Indians who didn't need a famous person's endorsement to decide the demands are fair.
Ask us when the swarm's bigger. Until then, we're doing what cockroaches have done for 320 million years — surviving every system that was built to finish them off, and still being there in the morning. (For context: dinosaurs had a 165-million-year run. The cockroach saw them out. We reckon we'll be fine.)