Cockroach Janta Party’s founder says Indian government took website down

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 23, 2026 · 382 words · By Daniel Khalili-Tari

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Cockroach Janta Party’s founder says Indian government took website down Group’s creator says his Instagram page was also hacked, along with the movement’s account.

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What happened

Cockroach Janta Party’s founder says Indian government took website down Group’s creator says his Instagram page was also hacked, along with the movement’s account.

Why it matters

The founder of an online satirical political movement that mocked India’s governing party has accused the government of taking down the group’s official website.

Common ground

Abhijeet Dipke, who’s currently studying at Boston University and founded the so-called Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), said on X on Saturday that the government had taken down the “iconic” website.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Large protests have broken out across the country in recent weeks, calling for Pradhan’s resignation, after allegations surfaced that exam papers had been leaked, forcing the cancellation of a government-run medical entrance test?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Large protests have broken out across the country in recent weeks, calling for Pradhan’s resignation, after allegations surfaced that exam papers had been leaked, forcing the cancellation of a government-run medical entrance test.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results or cross-references to confirm the occurrence of large protests calling for Pradhan's resignation due to medical entrance test leaks.

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Claim 2: “Dipke saying 600,000 people had signed the movement’s petition.”

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Al Jazeera and web search results confirm the claim that 600,000 people signed a petition for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign.

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web search NEUTRAL — 10 Lakh cockroaches had signed up on our website has members. 6 Lakh cockroaches had signed a petition to demand the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. Why is the government so scared of cockroaches?…
https://news24online.com/india/viral-cockroach-janta-party-w…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to Dipke, one million people have signed up to join the movement in the past week. The CJP is campaigning for Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign, with Dipke saying 600,00…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/cockroach-janta-par…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has launched an online petition seeking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the NEET 2026 paper leak row.
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/cockroa…

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Claim 3: “Abhijeet Dipke, who’s currently studying at Boston University and founded the so-called Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), said on X on Saturday that the government had taken down the “iconic” website.”

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Multiple sources, including Al Jazeera and Wikipedia, confirm Abhijeet Dipke is the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party and a student at Boston University.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abhijeet Dipke (born 29 September 1995) is an Indian political communication strategist and the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical political movement that started in May 2026 afte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhijeet_Dipke

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web search NEUTRAL — The Cockroach Janta Party has used AI-generated images to promote its cause online. Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz72y11jjq1o

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web search NEUTRAL — Abhijeet Dipke, a student of public relations in the US, woke up from uneasy dreams one morning and found himself transformed into a ‘gigantic cockroach’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPG2CaiAQPc

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Claim 4: “the BJP – the world’s largest political party – currently has more than nine million followers.”

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Al Jazeera and web search results confirm the BJP has around 8.7 to 9 million followers on Instagram.

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... Do you know how many followers the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress Party, which are the oldest parties, have? BJP has 8.7 million followers ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYmYUy9I1Gr/

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... The Cockroach Janta Party has amassed nearly 15 million followers on Instagram in less than a week, compared with fewer than 9 million for ...
https://www.facebook.com/DailyStarNews/posts/a-five-day-old-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... The satirical online movement "Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)" has crossed more than 9 million followers on Instagram within just four days, ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYo0Yg5j2up/

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Claim 5: “Dipke said his personal Instagram account had been hacked, as well as the Instagram account of the CJP.”

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Al Jazeera and multiple web search results confirm that Abhijeet Dipke alleged both his personal and the CJP's Instagram accounts were hacked.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP; lit. 'Cockroach People's Party') is an Indian satirical political movement founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke, a political communications strategist who formerly …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach_Janta_Party

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web search NEUTRAL — Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke claimed on Saturday that his Instagram account and the party’s social media pages had been hacked following the platform’s rapid rise online.
https://news.abplive.com/news/india/cockroach-janta-party-ab…

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Claim 6: “The CJP’s Instagram page has attracted more than 22 million followers since it was launched a week ago.”

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Al Jazeera and web search results (including CBS News and others) confirm the account gained over 20-22 million followers within a week.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... It starts with our Supreme Court Judge, who said that India's unemployed youngsters are like cockroaches. OCR. Test Prime By Adda247 COCKROACH ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYpNddhSLgF/

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... The speed at which Cockroach Janta Party was gaining followers has gone down. There are 22 Million followers as of now.
https://www.facebook.com/vinod.k.chand/posts/the-speed-at-wh…

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web search NEUTRAL — 20 hours ago ... ... An image posted on the Instagram account of the "Cockroach Janta Party. ... account gained more than 20 million followers in less than a week ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cockroach-janta-party-india-onl…

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Claim 7: “Dipke launched the website and accompanying social media accounts a week ago in response to comments made by India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant earlier this month, in which he compared unemployed young people to cockroaches.”

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Both Al Jazeera and BBC News independently report that Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches/parasites.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India and the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of In…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_India

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_Indi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Surya Kant Sharma (born 10 February 1962) is an Indian judge who has served as the 53rd Chief Justice of India since November 2025. Prior to his elevation as judge, Kant was a Senior Advocate and also…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Kant

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Claim 8: “Kant has since clarified his remarks, saying his comments were aimed at people who acquire fraudulent degrees, and described the country’s youth as “the pillars of a developed India”.”

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Multiple web search results and Al Jazeera confirm that CJI Surya Kant clarified his remarks were directed at individuals with fraudulent degrees.

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Claim 9: “According to Dipke, one million people have signed up to join the movement in the past week.”

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Al Jazeera and web search results confirm Dipke's claim that one million people signed up to join the movement.

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web search NEUTRAL — A viral satirical online movement known as the “Cockroaches Janta Party” (CJP) is now under the scanner of Indian security agencies after its explosive rise ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkpUg7e36U

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web search NEUTRAL — The Cockroach Janta Party website (yes, they have an official website), lists five items as part of its manifesto, which is as follows: If the CJP comes in power, no Chief Justice shall be granted a R…
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/asia/cockroach-janta-part…

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Claim 10: “the government had taken down the “iconic” website.”

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While Al Jazeera reports that Dipke claimed the government took down the website, other provided evidence (Wikipedia) describes the party but does not explicitly confirm the government's role in the takedown of the website.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Because of their long, persistent association with humans, cockroaches are frequently referred to in art, literature, folk tales, and theater and film. In Western culture, cockroaches are often depict…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroaches_in_popular_culture

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