On May 16, 2026, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) was launched as a satirical political collective on social media, sparked by ...

Young people across India have turned an insult into a digital badge of defiance, transforming the cockroach from a symbol of contempt into the emblem of a fast-spreading satirical protest movement.

The political class may laugh it off as another social media fad. The serious commentators may dismiss it as peak internet absurdity. But somewhere between memes, mockery and mass frustration, a ...