The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP; lit. ‘Cockroach People’s Party‘) is an Indian satirical political movement founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke, a political communications strategist who formerly worked with the Aam Aadmi Party.

During a Supreme Court hearing concerning fake professional degrees and institutional criticism, CJP emerged in response to remarks made by the incumbent Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, on 15 May 2026, in which he criticized fraudulent credentials by drawing an analogy that compared certain confrontational activists and unemployed youth to “cockroaches” and “parasites of society”, an analogy that sparked immediate national outrage and led to the creation of the satirical protest movement. The name is a wordplay parodying the ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party. Within days of its founding, the movement garnered over 350,000 sign-ups and over 20 million followers on Instagram. The movement has also engaged in offline activities, with volunteers participating in protests and clean-up drives dressed in cockroach costumes. Though the movement is not registered as a political party with the Election Commission of India, it campaigns against broader societal, economic, and political issues affecting the Indian youth.

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