Brutal insult sparks India’s new ‘cockroach party’ protest movement

India’s increasingly autocratic Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learning these age-old adages ...

This Indian youth party started as satire. Then it got serious.

Within hours, it had been translated into multiple Indian languages and circulated widely among a generation struggling with ...

India’s ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ began as a joke. Then millions joined in.

The movement’s rise traces back to comments made by a Supreme Court justice, who compared some young people and critics of ...

Cockroach Janta Party: A meme trying to get serious - 4 mistakes keeping it in shadows

On May 16, 2026, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched as a satirical political collective on social media, sparked by ...
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The cockroach party: how a viral joke became the cry of Indian youth

An insult from a judge sparked a new youth protest in India in the form of a cockroach. It all started as a joke after an insult towards young Indians came from the highest levels of the judiciary.