Pakistan links to the 'Cockroach Janata Party'? Netizens react to 'party's' Islamic country followers, debate sparks
Netizens said, citizens from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the USA make up 77% of their Instagram followers, while India contributes only 9%
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India’s latest viral political satire sensation, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has sparked intense online debate after surpassing 20 million followers on Instagram, overtaking the official accounts of both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. The party’s meteoric rise has also put its overseas audience under scrutiny, with several social media users alleging that a significant portion of its followers comes from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey. Amid the growing controversy, the founder of CJP has now issued a strong response to the claims. (Pakistan Cockroach Janata Party)
Some users further claimed that Indian followers made up only a small fraction of the total audience, though these assertions remain independently unverified. The controversy has intensified political reactions online, with critics questioning how a newly launched satire page managed to gain millions of followers within just a few days.
"Need to stand with Kashmir. Today it's Kashmir, tomorrow it can be your state," the alleged fear-spreading tweet by Dipke read. He also shared an alleged fake screenshot of his communication with one of his associates, a claimed resident of Kashmir. The conversation between the duo indicated that people in Kashmir during the abrogation of Article 370 in the former state were scared and that they all were going to die. The entire report regarding the same can be read here.
The composition of CJP’s social media audience has emerged as a major point of discussion online, with several users alleging that a significant portion of the party’s followers are based outside India. Screenshots and videos shared on Instagram and X purportedly showed follower analytics listing Pakistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey among the top audience locations. (Pakistan Cockroach Janata Party)
Some users further claimed that Indian followers made up only a small fraction of the total audience, though these assertions remain independently unverified. The controversy has intensified political reactions online, with critics questioning how a newly launched satire page managed to gain millions of followers within just a few days.
Some social media users also alleged that a large portion of the page’s followers could be bots or inactive accounts, citing the unusually rapid rise in follower count within a very short period. One user on X claimed that “Citizens from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the USA make up 77% of their Instagram followers, while India contributes only 9%.” Others alleged that “users from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey, along with supporters of the Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, and Social Democratic Party of India, have been actively promoting the Cockroach Janata Party online.” (Pakistan Cockroach Janata Party)
The digital-only collective was founded by Abhijeet Dipke, a former social media worker associated with the Aam Aadmi Party. The group describes itself as “a political party for the lazy, the unemployed, and the chronically correct”, with its headquarters jokingly listed as “wherever the Wi-Fi works”. (Pakistan Cockroach Janata Party)
Within just two days of its launch, CJP claimed to have enrolled over 40,000 members, while its meteoric growth on Instagram quickly became one of the central talking points surrounding the controversy. At present, the Bharatiya Janata Party has around 8.8 million Instagram followers, and the Indian National Congress has nearly 13.3 million, both significantly lower than CJP’s reported follower count.
It was reported earlier that Dipke, who has deep associations with the Aam Aadmi Party, had in the year 2019 attempted to spread fake information and fear against the Indian government during the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. (Pakistan Cockroach Janata Party)
"Need to stand with Kashmir. Today it's Kashmir, tomorrow it can be your state," the alleged fear-spreading tweet by Dipke read. He also shared an alleged fake screenshot of his communication with one of his associates, a claimed resident of Kashmir. The conversation between the duo indicated that people in Kashmir during the abrogation of Article 370 in the former state were scared and that they all were going to die. The entire report regarding the same can be read here.