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

Key Takeaways

• Group’s creator says his Instagram page was also hacked, along with the movement’s account.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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”.