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Indian Graduate's Parody Party Account Banned as National Security Threat

Indian Graduate's Parody Party Account Banned as National Security Threat
'I Love My Country, But Not The Way Govt Wants': Dipke On Being Called 'National Security Threat' | WATCH · timesnownews.com

A young man named Dipke had just finished his master's degree.

India's top judge, the Chief Justice, said something unkind about young people, comparing them to cockroaches and parasites.

Dipke thought that was not fair, so he wrote about it on Twitter.

Many people saw his post and shared it, so it spread very fast.

Then he made a funny fake political party called Cockroach Janta Party.

It was a joke, and lots of people liked it.

But the Indian government was not happy.

Just four days later, it banned his Twitter accounts.

The government said he was a threat to the country's security.

Dipke says he loves his country, just not in the way the government wants him to.

Key facts

Person
Dipke
Background
Recent master's graduate
Parody account
Cockroach Janta Party
Platform
Twitter
Time until ban
Within 4 days of launch
Government action
Social media accounts banned; labeled a national security threat
Key quote
I love my country, but not the way govt wants

Quotes

Dipke

Indian activist and satirist

“I had just graduated and completed my master's, and I saw that the Chief Justice of India made a comment and compared the youth to cockroaches and parasites. And I just made a tweet on that. After that, the whole thing blew up. Everyone started reposting and resharing that tweet. After that, I launched a parody political account called Cockroach Janta Party. That satire party gained huge traction. But within 4 days, the Indian government banned the social media accounts on Twitter, calling me a ”
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