"US Me Marwa Denge": CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Gets Death Threats in America

Abhijeet Dipke was in Boston when the message arrived on WhatsApp. The text was blunt: "Close down CJP or get killed. We can get you killed even in America." The Hindi framing circulating online reduced it to four words — "US Me Marwa Denge." Dipke shared a screenshot of the threat on X. That was May 22, 2026 — the same week the Cockroach Janta Party had crossed 22 million Instagram followers and gathered over 600,000 petition signatures. By the following morning, CJP had no functioning platforms left. (Deccan Herald, NewsX)

The threat: exact words, exact date

The death threat arrived on May 22, 2026, via WhatsApp. Dipke published the screenshot rather than staying quiet about it. The message read:

"Close down CJP or get killed. We can get you killed even in America."

The Hindi version — "US Me Marwa Denge" — spread widely on social media alongside the screenshot. The sender was not publicly identified. Dipke did not announce any police complaint as of the time of publication, though reports indicated the threat had been noted by Indian security agencies monitoring the CJP phenomenon. (Deccan Herald)

The suppression arc: how every platform disappeared in 48 hours

The death threat did not arrive in isolation. It came at the end of a compressed sequence of platform losses that had begun the previous day:

• May 21: The @CJP_2029 X account was withheld in India following a legal demand — the first formal government action against CJP's social media presence. (The Week)
• May 22: The death threat arrived on WhatsApp. Dipke posted the screenshot publicly.
• May 23: The main CJP Instagram account — which had reached 22 million followers within a week, making it one of the fastest-growing political accounts in Indian history — was hacked. Access was lost. (WION)
• May 23: Dipke's personal Instagram account was hacked separately.
• May 23: The backup Instagram account, @cockroachisback (198.6K followers), was taken down by the platform. (Tribune India)
• May 23: The official website cockroachjantaparty.org was blocked by MeitY under Section 69A of the IT Act — the same provision used to block content without any judicial oversight. (Business Today, Al Jazeera)

Dipke's statement on May 23 was stark: "No access to any of our platforms." For the complete account of every platform action against CJP, see the CJP accounts blocked timeline.

His parents in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

While Dipke was in Boston managing the aftermath of the threat and the platform losses, his parents — Bhagwan Dipke (father) and Anita Dipke (mother) — were at home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. Marathi television channels had reached them for comment.

Bhagwan Dipke did not pretend calm he did not feel. He told the channel: "Fear is natural, no matter how many followers he has." He also noted that his son had expressed fear of being arrested if he returned to India — a prospect Dipke had apparently discussed with his family even before the public death threat arrived. Anita Dipke also expressed fear for her son's safety, according to reporters covering the story. (News9Live)

The parents' reaction captured something the follower-count narratives tend to flatten: behind the meme movement, there is a 30-year-old from a Maharashtrian family whose mother and father are watching the news wondering if their son is safe in a country that is not India.

Intelligence Bureau, NIA, and the national security frame

Reports indicated that the Intelligence Bureau had flagged the Cockroach Janta Party as a "national security threat" — a designation understood to have underpinned the legal basis for the MeitY block under Section 69A. No formal public statement from the IB was issued.

On the political side, BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar publicly demanded an NIA probe into CJP, calling it a "cross-border influence operation designed to destabilise India." Shiv Sena echoed the demand, also characterising CJP as a cross-border influence operation. (ProKerala — BJP NIA demand, ProKerala — Shiv Sena)

As of May 23, 2026 — the date of this article's publication — no FIR had been filed against Dipke or any CJP member. No formal NIA investigation had been confirmed by the Ministry of Home Affairs or the NIA. For the full account of the BJP's cross-border claims and what the evidence actually shows, see the BJP NIA probe explainer.

Dipke's response: "I started a joke — now I get death threats"

In a Newslaundry interview conducted on May 23, 2026 — from Boston, where he remained — Dipke described the arc of the past eight days with a directness that cut through the political noise:

"I started a joke — now I get death threats."

He had not walked back a single public position. On the platform losses he posted: "You can hack and withhold the accounts but you cannot hack this movement." He rejected any comparison between CJP and political upheavals elsewhere in South Asia, saying: "Don't defame our campaign by raising Nepal, Lanka, Bangladesh." He reiterated that the movement would remain within constitutional bounds: "We have clarified that we are very democratic people and whatever we do to express our dissent will remain within the rights guaranteed by the Constitution."

(Newslaundry)

What the movement had become before the crackdown

It is worth pausing on what was being threatened. In roughly eight days, the Cockroach Janta Party had:

• Crossed 22 million Instagram followers — among the fastest-growing political accounts in Indian social media history
• Gathered 600,000+ petition signatures
• Registered over 1 million members
• Attracted public solidarity from opposition politicians, civil society figures, and cultural voices across the country

For context on whether CJP is a satire, a genuine political movement, or both, see the is CJP satire or serious explainer.

The crackdown did not slow coverage of CJP — it accelerated it. Every platform loss generated a news cycle. The death threat generated international attention. Al Jazeera, WION, Tribune India, Business Today, and the BBC's regional affiliates all covered the suppression sequence on May 23 alone.

What this means

A death threat sent to the founder of a satirical political movement, telling him he can be killed even in the United States, is not a private matter. It is a data point in a larger pattern: the use of fear, alongside legal mechanisms, to shut down political expression that has found a mass audience.

The platforms are gone — for now. The website that was blocked is not this one. cockroachjantaparty.buzz has not received any Section 69A order and remains accessible in India as of this writing. The join form, manifesto, leaders page, and blog archive are all live.

Dipke is in Boston. His parents are in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The movement has 1 million registered members. The joke, as he put it, now comes with death threats. He has not closed down CJP.

Related: BJP NIA probe demand — full explainer · CJP accounts blocked — full timeline · Is CJP satire or serious? · 404 Democracy Not Found

Sources: Newslaundry (primary interview) · Deccan Herald (death threat) · NewsX (US me marwa denge) · News9Live (parents' fear) · The Week (platforms lost) · WION (platforms) · Tribune India (Instagram) · Business Today (website) · Al Jazeera (website) · ProKerala (BJP NIA demand) · ProKerala (Shiv Sena)