Melody, Cockroach Janta Party: What Indians are Googling this week

Key points

• What began as a satirical social media movement quickly turned into one of India’s biggest internet trends this week.
• The “Cockroach Janta Party” became one of the country’s most searched terms on Google alongside cricket matches and exam results.
• The Cockroach Janta Party was founded on May 16 by former Aam Aadmi Party political strategist Abhijeet Dipke in response to Chief Justice Surya Kant’s comment describing young, unemployed Indians as “cockroaches”;
• notably, the claims he was misquoted.
• Read Full Story Google Trends data between May 15 and May 22 shows a sharp rise in search interest for “Cockroach Janta Party”.