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Favoured Frenzy
If your feed is suddenly full of jokes about a political group run by cockroaches, you aren’t losing your mind. It’s actually a massive internet protest wrapped in dark humor, and it all kicked off when India’s Chief Justice made a comment in court comparing certain social media activists and unemployed youth to "cockroaches." He later clarified that he was actually talking about people using fake college degrees to get ahead, but the damage was already done. The internet took the insult personally, and the label instantly stuck.
Instead of writing angry rants, a digital creator named Abhijeet Dipke decided to lean entirely into the joke. He started a fake group called the Cockroach Janta Party, complete with a bug mascot, and announced that membership was open to anyone who is lazy, unemployed, or just chronically online. It was meant to be a silly joke, but it absolutely exploded. Millions of people joined the page on Instagram, and it suddenly had more followers than some of the actual ruling political parties in the country.
The core theme connecting all these millions of followers isn't just internet humor; it’s a shared sense of existential dread. The page quickly became a safe space for Gen-Z to vent about serious, real-world problems. Young people are incredibly frustrated right now over the total lack of good jobs and recent massive scandals where national exam papers were leaked, ruining their career prospects. Calling themselves cockroaches became a powerful way to say, "You treat us like pests anyway, so we’ll act like them." It’s a serious protest hiding behind a giant, relatable meme.
The movement got so huge that the government actually panicked and ordered Twitter to ban the official account, claiming a page about bugs was a threat to national security. But as the old saying goes, you can't really kill a cockroach. The founder instantly made a backup page called "Cockroach Is Back" with the tagline "Cockroaches Don't Die," and gained thousands of followers overnight.
Now, the state is stuck playing a ridiculous game of digital whack-a-mole with a meme, leaving everyone to wonder: if a political party of cockroaches can survive a government ban, does that mean they are officially the most resilient politicians in history?
