{"id":681,"date":"2026-06-01T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=681"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:10:58","slug":"indias-viral-cockroach-youth-group-plans-street-protest-in-challenge-to-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=681","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s viral &#8216;Cockroach&#8217; youth group plans street protest in challenge to Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) &#8211; The founder of \u200ban online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans \u200cto take his movement on to the streets with a protest against the education minister and in a show of dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/div><div>The Cockroach Janta Party has tapped into the concerns of the under-30s, who are estimated to make up more than half of India\u2019s \u200b1.42 billion population, over politics, unemployment and inflation. Founder Abhijeet Dipke, who is based in the U.S., has \u200bfocused in particular on recent leaks of exam papers and errors in marking final-year school exams \u2060that threaten to derail the careers of millions of students.<\/div><div>&#8220;I will be returning to India to demand the resignation of \u200bthe education minister,&#8221; Dipke said on his personal account on X, urging young people to join a peaceful protest in \u200bDelhi and &#8220;exercise our constitutional right to seek accountability from the government.&#8221;<\/div><div>He said nearly 800,000 students have signed a petition seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan\u2019s resignation. The minister and a government spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/div><div>The CJP&#8217;s rapid rise marks one of the largest online expressions \u200bof dissent against Modi\u2019s 12-year rule, and analysts say it could dent his image despite recent state election victories, as \u200bfrustration grows over rising fuel prices and gas shortages linked to the Iran war.<\/div><div>The party&#8217;s name is a reference to comments by India\u2019s top \u200cjudge, \u2060Chief Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court, that compared some unemployed youth to cockroaches. Kant later said he did not mean to criticise young people but was referring to those with &#8220;fake and bogus degrees&#8221;. The party has more than 22 million followers on Instagram.<\/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=\"Illustration shows The Cockroach Janta Party logo\" class=\"wp-image-679\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5375be0104bc19c11dd26fa791eed101-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5375be0104bc19c11dd26fa791eed101-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5375be0104bc19c11dd26fa791eed101-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5375be0104bc19c11dd26fa791eed101-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5375be0104bc19c11dd26fa791eed101.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=\"Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) poses for a portrait\" class=\"wp-image-680\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7b7b739b9b9204230500eacb49068d3-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7b7b739b9b9204230500eacb49068d3-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7b7b739b9b9204230500eacb49068d3-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7b7b739b9b9204230500eacb49068d3-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7b7b739b9b9204230500eacb49068d3.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 The Cockroach Janta Party logo is seen in this illustration taken May 28, 2026. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration<\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><h2>DIPKE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS WORRIED HE COULD BE ARRESTED<\/h2><div>Dipke, who has lived in the U.S. for the past \u200btwo years, said his family \u200band friends were worried \u2060he could be arrested on his return. &#8220;How long can we live in fear?&#8221; he said.<\/div><div>The government has blocked the CJP&#8217;s X account and Dipke told Reuters he had to regain control \u200bof the party&#8217;s Instagram page from unknown hackers.<\/div><div>Senior cabinet minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the \u200bCJP of seeking \u2060social media followers from arch-enemy Pakistan and the &#8220;anti-India gang&#8221;, while Modi has yet to comment.<\/div><div>Rattled by anger following the cancellation of an entrance test for undergraduate medical courses last month due to a leak, the government is planning to deploy the Indian Air \u2060Force to \u200btransport question papers for a retest this month, instead of using the \u200bpostal department.<\/div><div>CJP has also focused on a youth job crisis. Government data shows that for those aged between 15 and 29, unemployment was 9.9% last year, more \u200bthan triple the overall rate of 3.1%.<\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=677\">Hungary\u2019s Magyar threatens legal action if president refuses to resign<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=675\">Chips with everything<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=674\">Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of \u200ban online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans \u200cto take his movement on to the streets with a protest against the education minister and in a show of dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India&#039;s viral &#039;Cockroach&#039; 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