New Delhi: Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, wrote on X that he does not have access to the online party’s Instagram account. His personal Instagram account has also been hacked, he revealed.
“Crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party,” Dipke posted on X Saturday.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was created by Dipke as a parody party after CJI Surya Kant’s remark on unemployed Indian youth. It quickly became popular among youth, with its X and Instagram accounts amassing millions of followers overnight.
During a hearing, the CJI had referred to the unemployed youth of India as “cockroaches” and “parasites”. He later clarified saying that the media had misquoted him.
The CJP’s backup Instagram account, @cockroachneverdies_,was taken down Friday, and its X account was withheld in India.
Crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party.
– Instagram page hacked.
– My personal Instagram hacked.
– Twitter account withheld
– Back up account also taken down.— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) May 23, 2026
Accounts hacked
On 16 May, Dipke wrote a post on X announcing a “new platform for all the cockroaches” with a google form for people to sign up. People started quickly signing in, and followers on social media increased.
The Instagram page of CJP got nearly 21 million followers within a week.
Dipke, who is in the US currently, posted a reel early Saturday morning stating that he has not called for any protests in India.
“We have not given any such call, we are not going to protest right now,” he added. “Whatever we will do, we will plan for it.”
He urged the youth and CJP members to be “mindful”.
A few hours later, the CJP’s official page had been hacked.
“Please note that we currently do not have access to any of our platforms. Any post made after this should not be considered an official statement from the Cockroach Janta Party.” Dipke posted on X.
After the CJP’s official X handle was withheld in India, Dipke created another page, ‘Cockroach is Back’. It has nearly 2 lakh followers.
The hacking comes after a day of IT ministry officials citing CJP is a threat to the “sovereignty” of India.
“MeitY received an input from the IB to block the X account of Cockroach Janta Party, citing that it posed a threat to the sovereignty of India. The IB believed that the account was posting inflammatory content through its account, which could have jeopardised the country’s national security” an official told The Indian Express. “In particular, the concern stemmed from the fact that the account’s content was gaining traction among young people.”
The online political movement that started as a satire now has 1 million registrations on its website. For Dipke, the CJP is a product of Indian youth’s frustration with “outdated” politics.
(Edited by Prasanna Bachchhav)
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