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The Founder

Abhijeet Dipke — Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party

Age 30. Boston University. Former AAP volunteer. Started CJP at 6 AM on 16 May 2026 — the morning after CJI Surya Kant called unemployed youth "cockroaches" in the Supreme Court.

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Abhijeet Dipke

Founder & National Convenor · CJP

Quick Facts

How It Started

On 15 May 2026, the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant compared India's unemployed youth to cockroaches during a Supreme Court hearing on fake law degrees. The clip went viral within hours.

By 6 AM the next morning, Abhijeet Dipke had opened the @cockroachjantaparty X handle, written a 280-character founder's note, and the first 10,000 people had hit follow. By the end of day 3, the count was over 1,00,000 registered members and 5.51 lakh Instagram followers.

Dipke has said the move was "impromptu." He did not anticipate the scale of the response.

In His Own Words

"We want to channel this energy into political awareness and encourage young people to become more politically active and informed."
"We will not align with any political party, especially not the BJP. If opposition leaders want to support us publicly, that is fine. But we are not interested in becoming attached to any existing party structure."

Background & Education

Dipke is a 30-year-old public-relations student at Boston University, USA. Before relocating for graduate study, he spent three years (2020–2023) as a social-media volunteer for the Aam Aadmi Party in India, working on campaign content and the diaspora outreach desk. The CJP is his first independent political project.

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