Abhijeet Dipke — founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led protest movement demanding electoral and education reforms in India.
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… CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, meanwhile, has named the protest Lehra Do Tiranga, or Wave the Tricolour, as many Indians informally refer to the country’s orange-white-green flag as Tiranga. …
India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters set to return despite police crackdownJoy Online
… The group said its founder Abhijeet Dipke, who began the movement in May after India’s Chief Justice likened some jobless young people to “cockroaches”, was detained with other leaders shortly after landing in Delhi. …
‘Cockroach’ group leaders among hundreds detained in Delhi protestJoy Online
… The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, which spearheaded the demonstrations, said it would now end its protests. “We have done it,” said Abhijeet Dipke, CJP’s founder, to loud cheers at the site. …
Modi’s education minister quits as jubilant Indian youth protesters claim victoryJoy Online
… Reacting to Wangchuk’s decision to end his hunger strike, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke wrote in a post on X: “We are relieved and grateful that Sonam sir has ended his hunger strike after 26 days.” But he added: “The Cockroach Janta Party’s peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar will co …
India activist ends hunger strike after 26 daysJoy Online
… All treatment being administered to him is in accordance with his informed consent.” On Wednesday, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, dozens of opposition MPs, activists and celebrities renewed their request to him to call off his hunger strike. …
‘I am still alive’: Indian activist on hunger strike for 26 days loses 11kgJoy Online
… Those frustrations are at the heart of the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, founded by Dipke. …
Police block thousands of ‘cockroach’ protesters marching on India’s parliamentJoy Online
… Founded by Abhijeet Dipke, the CJP emerged in May as an online satirical movement to protest paper leaks and exam irregularities and has gained a huge following. …
India’s Cockroach protesters set to march to parliamentJoy Online
… The protest at Jantar Mantar, an 18th Century astronomical observatory in the Indian capital, was started by CJP, led by its founder Abhijeet Dipke. …
Indian activist urged to end hunger strike as he loses 9.1kg in 19 daysJoy Online
… The group’s founder Abhijeet Dipke said Indian officials had “taken down our iconic website” and asked why they were “so scared of cockroaches”. …
India’s parody ‘cockroach party’ claims website has been blockedJoy Online
… It was created by Abhijeet Dipke, a political communications strategist and student at Boston University. …
India has a new political superstar – a cockroachThousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led movement seeking electoral reforms, plan to gather at Central Park in Delhi on Friday after police blocked their previous demonstration and jailed two leaders. The protest, named Lehra Do Tiranga, has grown from an electoral fraud campaign into a wider fight over protest rights.
16 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led movement seeking electoral reforms, plan to gather at Central Park in Delhi on Friday after police blocked their previous demonstration and jailed two leaders. The protest, named Lehra Do Tiranga, has grown from an electoral fraud campaign into a wider fight over protest rights.
16 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Hundreds of protesters were detained in Delhi during a demonstration by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a Gen-Z led group seeking electoral reforms. The CJP's founder Abhijeet Dipke and other leaders were detained upon arriving in Delhi, as the group demanded the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner over allegations of manipulating voters' lists.
10 October 2026 · Joy Online →
India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday following widespread youth protests over examination paper leaks, which had become a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement, which spearheaded the demonstrations at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, said it would now end its protests.
25 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike in support of youth-led protesters demanding education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, after the government assured him no legal action would be taken against protesters at Janta Mantar. The Cockroach Janta Party said it would continue its protest until the minister's resignation.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, on a 26-day hunger strike in support of the Cockroach Janta Party's campaign for education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has lost 11kg but remains hospitalized. Thousands continue protesting after a police crackdown on Monday's march to parliament left dozens of protesters and police injured.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Thousands of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led protest movement, defied a police ban to march to India's parliament demanding the resignation of the education minister. The march followed weeks of protests over alleged exam paper leaks and broader education system concerns, and reflects growing public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Thousands of students, parents, activists and political leaders in India are set to march to parliament following a call from the Cockroach Janta Party for education system reforms. The movement, founded as an online satirical protest against paper leaks and exam irregularities, has gathered supporters at a Delhi monument for a month, and activist Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly hospitalized while on a hunger strike in support of the cause.
19 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Indian educationist and activist Sonam Wangchuk, 59, has lost 9.1kg in 19 days on an indefinite hunger strike in support of educational reform protesters demanding the resignation of India's Education Minister following a cancelled medical entrance exam. The Delhi High Court has ordered the government to monitor his health as concerns grow over his deteriorating condition.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
India's Cockroach Janta Party, a viral satirical group that gained over 20 million online followers as a joke after India's chief justice compared unemployed youth to insects, says its website and official X page have been blocked in the country. The group's founder, Abhijeet Dipke, said Indian officials took down their website and claims his personal and group Instagram accounts have been hacked.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
After India's Chief Justice compared unemployed youth pursuing journalism and activism to cockroaches and parasites, a satirical online movement called the Cockroach Janta Party emerged as a parody of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, attracting millions of followers in less than a week.
21 May 2026 · Joy Online →