Cockroach Janata Party Gains Millions of Followers on Instagram, Overtakes BJP

New Delhi. The name that has been creating a stir in India's digital political landscape or social media for the past few days is the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). As of today's date (May 21), its Instagram account has garnered over 10 million followers, surpassing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Instagram, reportedly achieved in just 5 days.

This campaign, whose name sounds surprising, is actually a political-cultural movement born on social media. It is expressing the feelings of unemployed, frustrated, and systemically neglected youth of India through memes, satire, and digital resistance. Some are also calling it 'just satire'.