Supporters of the Cockroach People’s Party hold protest in New Delhi
Hundreds of young supporters gathered as the online youth movement pressed for Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over exam leaks and marking irregularities.
- On Saturday, the Cockroach Janata Party held its first street protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demonstrating against government policies on education and job opportunities.
- The movement emerged three weeks ago as a parody after Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed youth to "cockroaches," sparking backlash and amassing more than 15 million Instagram followers.
- Organizers urged protesters to bring the national flag and a book, symbolizing equal opportunity, while demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan following recent exam irregularities.
- After police granted official permission for the gathering, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke arrived from the U.S. to lead the demonstration on the ground.
- This rally tests whether the movement can translate online popularity into grassroots support, reflecting broader youth dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and echoing similar anti-government youth movements across South Asia.
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Indian Protesters Answer Call of Mock Party
Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that has drawn millions of followers across India, gathered for the first time in the capital on Saturday for its biggest real-world test yet. The protest near Parliament in New Delhi marked the three-week-old movement's first step into street...
Hundreds don cockroach masks as mock party stages first protest in India
Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in New Delhi on Saturday (6 June), taking the social media movement off screens and into its biggest real-world test yet. The protest at Jantar Mantar in India’s capital marks the movement’s first foray into street politics after weeks of dominating social media feeds and news headlines, attracting millions of online …
In India, the "People's Party of cockroaches" went from social networks to the streets. Born less than three weeks ago, this satirical movement was launched after controversial remarks by a Supreme Court judge who had treated the young unemployed Indians as "cafards". After his fulcrum rise on the web, he held his first demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday, June 6. First demand: the resignation of the Minister of Education.
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‘Cockroach Party’ leader returns to India for first New Delhi protest
NewsFeedAbhijeet Dipke is in India just as thousands of members of the online satirical Cockroach Janta Party that he founded take to the streets in protest. They are demanding the resignation of the country’s education minister amid recent exam paper leaks and marking errors that they say led students to take their own lives.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ar…
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The Seattle TimesMock political party for India’s young ‘cockroaches’ holds first protest in New Delhi
NEW DELHI (AP) — 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
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