As is well known, the CJP (Cockroach Janta Party)was formed by a Boston University student, Abhijit Dipke, in May 2026 consequent to an inane and flippant remark by the Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant likening the Indian unemployed youth to cockroaches ( a remark he later tried to explain away, but by which time the damage had been done).
From Online Satire to a Mass Political Movement
Dipke created the CJP the next day as a satire, but within a few days thereafter he had over 20 million followers on Instagram.
This must have gone to his head and given him political ambitions. So he rushed back to India and held huge protests at Jantar Mantar Delhi ( the Hyde Park of the Indian capital where protests and demonstrations are often held ). He also travelled to many Indian cities, and built up a team of leaders of the CJP.
At first the CJP’s demand was for resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Indian Education Minister, and when that was conceded, it is now for resignation of the Indian Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar ( who allegedly got the names of 13 crore voters deleted from the voters list ).
Some people asked me whether the Cockroach Janta Party is a U.S. tool.
This was my reply : I Though there is no direct evidence to come to this conclusion, there is certainly circumstantial evidence ( and people have even been hanged on the basis of circumstantial evidence ).
Trump must obviously be angry with Modi because India is in BRICS, an organisation dominated by China and Russia ( to which Western countries, including America, have not been allowed entry ), and has not totally stopped buying Russian oil as Trump had demanded.
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Who Is Funding the CJP? Calls for Financial Transparency
As is well known, there are 2 powerful alliances in the world today (1) USA and Europe (2) China and Russia, which are at loggerheads. Trump regarded India in the American camp, and Modi had earlier cozied up to Trump. But of late he seems to be flip-flopping between the 2 camps. This year he held the anti-West BRICS summit in Delhi, which Xi Jinping and Putin attended.
All this must have infuriated Trump, who apparently cannot tolerate divided royalties.
So the Americans seem to have catapulted the Boston University student, Abhijeet Dipke into India to pressurise Modi, through protests by his Cockroach Janta Party ( CJP ).
India’s Geopolitical Balancing Act and Suspicions of U.S. Involvement
A question often raised is where is the funding coming from for organizing these huge protests by the CJP in public places like Jantar Mantar Delhi and other places ?
The CJP leaders often travel by air to various cities in India. Who is paying for their air tickets, and for their other expenses ?
It is true that many Indian youth joined the CJP out of frustration and fear of unemployment.
But we are talking of the CJP leaders. Who is paying for their frequent air travels to various cities in India, and their other expenses ? Who is funding the huge protests at Jantar Mantar and other places, with stages, platforms, huge posters, banners, etc ? All these require a huge amount of money.
Dipke and the other CJP leaders have never rendered accounts of any money they received from any donor, or the expenditure they incurred for their activities.
It is time to demand of the CJP leaders to render accounts of the money they have received ( including the names, addresses, and other details of the donors ) and the expenditures on their frequent air travels and other expenses, as well as the details of the amounts spent on organising and arranging the huge protests in Jantar Mantar and elsewhere.
Although the CJP leaders claim that their expenditures came from donations by the Indian public, my own guess is that if a thorough investigation is made, it will be found that the money came from foreign intelligence agencies
Markandey Katju is an Indian jurist and former Supreme Court judge of India who served as chairman for the Press Council of India. He has also worked as Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department.
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