Quick answer: Founded 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke. First website commit: 19 May 2026 (SHA 29d2204). Press coverage from NBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera, CBS News, and Britannica — all citing this domain. No copycat domain has independent international press coverage.

The Original Timeline

  1. 15 May 2026 — CJI Surya Kant compares unemployed youth to cockroaches in a Supreme Court hearing on fake law degrees. Clip goes viral overnight.
    Source: The Wire
  2. 16 May 2026, ~6:00 AM IST — Abhijeet Dipke opens @cockroachjantaparty on X and Instagram. The original party accounts are live. This is day zero.
    Source: NBC News · CNN
  3. 19 May 2026, 15:15 UTC — First code commit to the cockroachjantaparty.org website repository.
    GitHub commit SHA: 29d22048f54a9b23bb9ae595aed27bc8b6589ca6 — "Initial CJP site: 8 static pages, t-shirt shop, order backend"
  4. 22 May 2026 — CNN covers CJP: "India's Gen Z are flipping the lowly cockroach into a symbol of defiance."
    Source: CNN
  5. 23 May 2026 — Al Jazeera, Business Today, The Week, and NBC News all cover the government crackdown. Encyclopædia Britannica publishes a dedicated CJP article the same day.
    Sources: Al Jazeera · Business Today · NBC News
  6. 23 May 2026 — cockroachjantaparty.org blocked under Section 69A by MeitY. The movement migrates to cockroachjantaparty.buzz — you are reading this on the only surviving original domain.
  7. May 2026 onwards — Over 14 copycat and impersonation domains appear, copying our manifesto, tagline "Voice of the Lazy & Unemployed", and URL paths. None are affiliated with Abhijeet Dipke or the original movement.

Press Proof: Every Citation Points Here

Every major news outlet that covered the Cockroach Janta Party cited cockroachjantaparty.org (now .buzz) — not a copycat domain. These citations are themselves proof of original authorship.

NBC News

India's Cockroach Janata Party began as a joke. Millions joined.

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CNN

India's Gen Z are flipping the lowly cockroach into a symbol of defiance

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Al Jazeera

Cockroach Janta Party's founder says Indian government took website down

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Business Today

Cockroach Janata Party website blocked after action on X and Instagram handles

Read on Business Today →

The Week

Cockroach Janata Party founder says Instagram and Twitter accounts were hacked

Read on The Week →

Encyclopædia Britannica

Dedicated CJP article published 23 May 2026 — the world's oldest English-language encyclopedia

Read our Britannica coverage recap →

Archive & Commit Proof

The Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) independently archives public websites. Searches for cockroachjantaparty.org on the Wayback Machine show captures beginning in May 2026 — before any copycat domain existed. You can verify this independently:

The Founder: Abhijeet Dipke

Abhijeet Dipke — age 30, Dalit, Boston University Public Relations graduate, former Aam Aadmi Party social-media volunteer (2020–2023). He opened the @cockroachjantaparty handle on the morning of 16 May 2026, within hours of CJI Surya Kant's remark going viral. No other person or organisation has a prior claim to the CJP movement.

Verifiable through: NBC News profile · Al Jazeera interview · Full founder bio →

The Copycat Domains: What to Watch Out For

After CJP went viral, over 14 impersonation and typosquat domains appeared. Some copy our manifesto verbatim. Some claim to be "official." None are affiliated with Abhijeet Dipke or the original movement.

Known impersonation domains include: cjpparty.com, cockroachjanata.org, cockroachjantaparty.org (seized/expired), cockroachjantaparty.pro, cockroachjantapartty.com (typosquat), cockroachjantaparty.co, cjpmember.in, and others. Do not share personal data, email addresses, or payment information with any of these domains.

The only official CJP web presence is cockroachjantaparty.buzz.

See the full trust check: Is CJP Real & Legit? →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is cockroachjantaparty.buzz the original CJP website?

Yes. cockroachjantaparty.buzz is the surviving original domain. The movement was founded by Abhijeet Dipke on 16 May 2026. The original .org domain was blocked by MeitY on 23 May 2026 and this .buzz domain is its direct continuation, linked from every piece of international press coverage.

Are cjpparty.com, cockroachjanata.org, or other similar domains the real CJP?

No. These are copycat or impersonation domains. cjpparty.com, for example, copied CJP's five-demand manifesto verbatim, copied the tagline "Voice of the Lazy & Unemployed", and mirrored our URL paths. None of these domains are affiliated with Abhijeet Dipke or the original Cockroach Janta Party. The only official CJP website is cockroachjantaparty.buzz.

Why are there so many CJP copycat websites?

The Cockroach Janta Party went viral in May 2026 — over 1 lakh registered members in 72 hours, 21 million Instagram followers before the government crackdown, and international press coverage from NBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and CBS. Any viral movement attracts opportunists. Some domains were registered to impersonate us; others to capture search traffic. None are connected to the original movement.

When was CJP founded exactly?

The Cockroach Janta Party was founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke — the morning after CJI Surya Kant's remark on 15 May 2026. The @cockroachjantaparty X and Instagram handles were opened that morning. The website (cockroachjantaparty.org) went live 19 May 2026 with its first code commit at 15:15 UTC.

Is this website affiliated with Abhijeet Dipke?

This is a community site for the CJP movement, founded on 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke. Not directly affiliated with Abhijeet Dipke as an individual. Biographical details and movement history are compiled from public statements and verified press coverage. The movement's founding facts are independently verifiable through NBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera, and other sources linked on this page.

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