New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has also become a residential area. A day after police used tear gas and batons on thousands of people marching to Parliament, hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) remained there, refusing to leave until the education minister. Dharmendra Pradhan resignation. Delhi police said around 180 people were injured in Monday’s crackdown, including both protesters and security personnel. At the center of the group is Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old political scientist whose studies tell a lot about how humor became part of the national conversation.
From Pune to Boston
Abhijeet Dipke was born in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, now known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. He completed his bachelor’s degree in journalism in Pune, where he dabbled in media, political reporting and public relations. He later moved to the United States and earned a Master of Science in Public Relations from Boston University, studying how communications shape public opinion in the digital age.
History of the campaign before the CJP
Between 2020 and 2023, Dipke volunteered with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). During the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, which were won by Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP, Dipke worked on meme-based digital campaigns targeting young voters. That time gave him first-hand knowledge of how the internet’s culture is changing politics, before CJP ever existed.
Where cynicism met method
In 2023, Abhijeet Dipke returned to Aurangabad preparing to apply to the US. After completing his degree, he launched the Cockroach Janta Festival on 16 May 2026, a few days after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant compared unemployed youths to cockroaches in a trial. What started as a mock response, built by a person trained in journalism and communication instead of party politics, quickly crossed thousands of subscribers and turned into a movement that wants to change education at Jantar Mantar.