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The meme that became a movement: Inside India’s Cockroach Janta Party

An off-the-cuff remark in India’s highest court triggered something no one had planned for: Within days, millions of young ...
The Hindu

CJP protest in Bengaluru highlights: We are called cockroaches when we try to expose the broken system, Abhijeet Dipke says

While actor Prakash Raj expressed his wish of wanting Mr. Wangchuk as India’s Education Minister, the activist said that the Minister “should be like him”, but clarified that he does not see himself ...
The New Indian Express

'System is rotten, cockroaches will correct it': CJP launches nationwide agitation in Pune; releases 'exam manifesto'

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday launched a nationwide agitation demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over repeated irregularities in the examinations ...
scmp.com

Hundreds join protest led by India’s viral ‘cockroach’ youth movement

Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in the national capital on Saturday, taking the social media ...
Indiatimes

Cockroach Janta Party to hold protest in Pune on June 11, seek Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation

PUNE: Abhijeet Dipke founder of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Monday announced that the party will hold a protest in Pune on June 11, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra ...
The Diplomat

Cockroach Janta Party: Is the Modi Government Wary of a ‘Gen Z Revolt’?

Hitherto confined to social media, the “cockroaches” emerged on the ground at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on June 6. What started as a joke has turned serious. Abhijeet Dipke (holding mike), founder of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

More Than 100,000 Illegal Exotic Cockroaches Were Seized by Australian Authorities in a Record-Setting Bug Bust

The seizure included Madagascar hissing cockroaches—some of the largest roaches in the world—and dubia cockroaches. Australia Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Australian ...
Mint

Abhijeet Dipke says Cockroach Janta Party to unveil action plan for nationwide agitation: ‘We won’t step back until….'

Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-driven online initiative, stated on Sunday that the agitation against alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment ...
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‘They have sold themselves’: At ‘cockroach’ gathering in Delhi, protestors rage against the system

“Inquilab zindabad! Vande mataram! Jai Bhim!” Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke shouted a few minutes past noon on Saturday at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Long live the revolution! I bow to ...
The Straits Times

India’s ‘cockroach’ youth movement founder leads first street protest after arrival in New Delhi

NEW DELHI – The founder of India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party led a street protest in New Delhi on June 6 demanding the resignation of the federal education minister, taking the online youth movement ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

What is India’s Gen-Z ‘cockroach’ movement and why is it a worry for Modi?

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke (centre) takes part in a protest over alleged irregularities in the country's major examinations, in New Delhi on Jun 6, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Arun ...
France 24

Supporters of India's Gen Z 'cockroach' party stage first protest in New Delhi

Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in the national capital on Saturday, taking the social media movement ...