Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Cockroach Janta Party unveils working committee packed with ex-AAP members
A judge in India, called the Chief Justice, said something unkind about young people who cannot find jobs.
He compared them to cockroaches and called them 'parasites of society'.
Some young people started a funny online group called the Cockroach Janta Party to answer him.
Later, many students joined them at a big protest in Delhi.
The group says it wants to help students with real problems, like the NEET exam paper leak.
Now it is growing and has picked a team of leaders.
Many of those leaders used to work for a political party called the Aam Aadmi Party.
The group says it is independent, but some people think it is secretly that party in a new costume.
The leaders say they are fighting for students, while critics say they are fighting against the government and the BJP.
Different people tell different stories, so it is important to listen to both sides.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) formally announced its National Working Committee on 6 August 2026 after a two-day core team meeting in Maharashtra.
The group began as an online satirical response to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant's 'cockroaches and parasites' courtroom remark in mid-May 2026.
Several NWC office bearers, including founder Abhijeet Dipke, have past or current links with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), according to OpIndia.
CJP announced a 'Kya Bolti Public' outreach campaign and plans for state coordination committees, Lok Sabha and city-level units within six months.
The movement drew wider attention after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk launched a 26-day hunger strike over the NEET paper leak and educational reforms.
- Who
- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), founded by Abhijeet Dipke, with a National Working Committee that includes several former Aam Aadmi Party functionaries; AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia visited the Jantar Mantar protest in solidarity.
- What
- CJP formally announced its National Working Committee and a 'Kya Bolti Public' outreach campaign as the next step toward national expansion.
- When
- 6 August 2026 (committee announcement); the group first emerged in mid-May 2026 after the CJI's remark.
- Where
- India; the announcement followed a strategy meeting at founder Abhijeet Dipke's residence in Maharashtra, and key protests took place at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
- Why
- CJP formed in response to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant's 'cockroaches and parasites' remark about unemployed youth and rallied around the NEET paper leak and demands for educational reforms; critics say the group advances an anti-BJP political agenda.
CJP's position
Critics' position
Independence vs. AAP affiliation
CJP's position
CJP says members' past political associations are irrelevant and that the group is 'independent' and 'standalone'.
Critics' position
OpIndia and critics say most National Working Committee office bearers are former or current AAP functionaries, making CJP effectively a 'B-Team' or youth wing of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Nature of the movement
CJP's position
CJP frames itself as a youth-led public pressure group using satire ('Laughtivism') to take up genuine student issues such as the NEET paper leak and education reforms.
Critics' position
Critics say the comedic surface disguises partisan anti-BJP messaging and that CJP is an anti-BJP political party in the making.
- Group
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Announcement date
- 6 August 2026
- Origin
- Satirical response to CJI Surya Kant's 'cockroaches and parasites' remark (mid-May 2026)
- Founder & National Convener
- Abhijeet Dipke (30)
- Co-Conveners
- Ashutosh Ranka (30) and Saurav Das (27)
- Outreach campaign
- 'Kya Bolti Public'
- Key protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Expansion plans
- State coordination committees, Lok Sabha and city-level units within six months