The Cockroach Janta Party ( CJP ) arose in India like a comet, which brightly illuminated the Indian political sky for some time, but which in my opinion will soon disappear forever, like the disappearance of that comet, or like a bubble which has burst.
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The CJP was born on 16th May 2026 as a consequence of an inane remark made on 15th May by the Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant likening unemployed Indian youth to cockroaches ( a remark he subsequently tried to explain away, but by which time the damage had been done ).
Abhijit Dipke, a student of Boston University, on hearing the CJI’s statement, formed the Cockroach Janta Party as a satire next day But within a few days he got over 20 million followers on the social media.
This must have gone to his head, and it seems he got political ambitions, because he
shortly thereafter returned to India and organised huge protests in Jantar Mantar, Delhi ( a place where protests are often held, like Hyde Park in London ), demanding resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Education Minister of India for paper leaks in examinations. When that demand was accepted, his appetite seems to have been whetted, and he and the CJP demanded resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar for alleged deletion of the names of millions of voters from the voters list.
Since the CJP had acquired millions of followers on the social media, mostly among the youth, some people thought that it would soon formally declare itself a political party, like the Aam Admi Party, which contested elections and came to power in Delhi in 2013.
I had written an article published on 22nd May 2026 in the portal indicanews.com in which I called the CJP a joke and a gimmick.
I explained therein that the emergence and rise of the CJP was a consequence of the deep frustration in a large section of the Indian youth who are unemployed, or see the looming spectre of unemployment once they complete their studies.
But the demand it raised viz the resignation of the Education Minister had nothing to do with solving the massive problem of unemployment in India. If the Education Minister resigned, another would take his place, but how would that solve the problem of unemployment ?
When the demand for resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan was conceded by the government, the CJP movement would have fizzled out. But it got a new lease of life with the revelation by the newspaper Indian Express of alleged illegalities committed by the CEC Gyanesh Kumar resulting in the deletion of the names of millions of voters from the voters list. The CJP then started demanding resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, and announced a massive protest in Delhi on 10th October
As a reaction, the Delhi authorities clamped a shutdown on much of the capital of the country, which made many people living in Delhi hostile to the CJP as they felt that because of the CJP agitation their lives and businesses were being adversely affected.
It was then that the government decided that enough was enough, and it was time to get tough with the CJP.
Jantar Mantar, which was in the heart of the city, and near which were Parliament, important government buildings and Connaught Place ( a central commercial place ), was barricaded by the police and denotified as a place where protests and demonstrations could be held.
The CJP leaders and many of its members and supporters were arrested, and some held in jail for several days. This must have created fear in the hearts of CJP followers, most of whom seem to have by now disappeared.
Section 163 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, the criminal law in India which makes it illegal for 5 or more people to gather together, was imposed in public places like parks, etc where the CJP could hold protests. This struck at the heart of the CJP movement, for it could do nothing if its members and supporters could not gather together.
The Delhi High Court castigated the CJP leaders Saurabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka who had petitioned for their release, observing that they were not Gen Z, had not disclosed their parents names or their addresses, and had breached the bonds for maintaining peace which they had given earlier.
The last straw and last nail in the coffin of the CJP was when it’s leaders who were arrested were only released after they gave a bond that they would not disturb the public peace. The giving of such a bond meant that they became defanged and impotent, since any protests by them could be regarded as disturbance of the peace by the police, and they could again be locked up in jail, this time for longer periods.
Also, giving such bonds was similar to apologies tendered by many people arrested by the authorities when India was under British rule, which stigmatised such people in the public eyes as collaborators and/or weaklings.
I had predicted in the article below that the CJP will soon meet its demise
I believe that the end of the life of the CJP has arrived
