{"id":226,"date":"2026-05-25T19:41:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=226"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:41:39","slug":"founder-of-viral-indian-gen-z-account-alleges-crackdown-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=226","title":{"rendered":"Founder of viral Indian Gen Z account alleges crackdown, threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>May 25 (Reuters) New Delhi &#8211; A viral social media account focusing on the \u200bconcerns of India\u2019s Gen Z has come under attack, with its founder alleging hacking and threats to \u200chis family after it won millions of followers disenchanted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s government.<\/div><div>The satirical &#8220;Cockroach Janta Party&#8221; (CJP) account garnered more than 22 million followers on Instagram within days, reflecting mounting unease among young users on issues it highlighted, from unemployment to the leaks of exam \u200bquestions.<\/div><div>&#8220;The government has taken down our iconic website,&#8221; founder Abhijeet Dipke wrote on X, adding that its X \u200baccount had been withheld in India while the group&#8217;s Instagram account had been compromised and his \u2060family had received threats.<\/div><div>Reuters could not independently verify the claim of a government takedown. The government has not publicly \u200bconfirmed any action against the website or the Instagram account.<\/div><div>India&#8217;s home and IT ministries did not respond to requests for comment.<\/div><h2>STATE \u200bELECTORAL WINS BY MODI&#8217;S PARTY<\/h2><div>The surge in popularity of the account contrasts with recent electoral victories by Modi&#8217;s Bharatiya Janata Party in key states, beefing up its position after more than a decade in power nationally.<\/div><div>Digital rights group the Internet Freedom Foundation criticised the alleged blocking \u200bof the X account as an arbitrary bid to curb free speech.<\/div><div>On social media, federal minister Kiren Rijiju, a senior \u200bBJP leader, dismissed the phenomenon, saying he pitied those who sought their social media followers from outside the country.<\/div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"India's youth flock to cram schools in search of security of government jobs\" class=\"wp-image-224\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2bece3d2dd571821bf50769d01d698a-1024x682.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2bece3d2dd571821bf50769d01d698a-1024x682.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2bece3d2dd571821bf50769d01d698a-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2bece3d2dd571821bf50769d01d698a-768x511.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e2bece3d2dd571821bf50769d01d698a.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man walks along a wall overlooking the central Mumbai's financial district skyline\" class=\"wp-image-225\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0318de206dd5cdd841b7d7790f634014-1024x599.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0318de206dd5cdd841b7d7790f634014-1024x599.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0318de206dd5cdd841b7d7790f634014-300x176.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0318de206dd5cdd841b7d7790f634014-768x449.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0318de206dd5cdd841b7d7790f634014.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><button><span><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/button><\/div><div><div>Item 1 of 2 Students attend a class at Super Climax Academy, a coaching institute training students to secure government jobs, in Prayagraj, India, June 19, 2024. REUTERS\/Sahiba Chawdhary<\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div>&#8220;Those who are heroes \u200cof the \u2060anti-India gang cannot be heroes of India,&#8221; Rijiju said on X in a post that made no mention of the viral CJP. &#8220;We have complete faith in Indian democracy and Indian youth.&#8221;<\/div><div>Reacting to the minister&#8217;s remark, Dipke posted a demographic analysis of his Instagram account, saying, &#8220;More than 94% of the audience is from India.&#8221;<\/div><div>On his X handle, he asked, &#8220;Why is a union \u200bminister, Kiren Rijiju, labelling Indian \u200byouth as Pakistani?&#8221;<\/div><h2>YOUTH ANXIETY<\/h2><div>A \u2060survey by polling agency CVoter found the concerns flagged by the account resonated with younger Indians, as more than 60% of respondents aged between 18 and 24 said they felt anxious \u200babout their future.<\/div><div>Six in ten survey respondents said it reflected frustrations over unemployment and \u200bgovernance issues such \u2060as exam paper leaks, including one for a recent medical entrance test that affected about 2.3 million candidates.<\/div><div>Joblessness among India&#8217;s urban youth stands at 14%, which is far higher than overall unemployment of about 5%, official data show.<\/div><div>A majority of survey respondents said \u2060any state \u200baction to block such social media platforms would not be justified.<\/div><div>Activist and \u200blawyer Prashant Bhushan said the online movement could gain adherents if it spread beyond social media.<\/div><div>&#8220;If they want to take it forward, they will have \u200bto organise and mobilise on the ground,&#8221; he said.<\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=222\">Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=220\">Iran\u2019s president orders reopening of international internet access, state media reports<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=218\">Iran would open Strait of Hormuz 30 days after peace deal, Nikkei reports citing source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The satirical Cockroach Janta Party account has over 22 million followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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