Cockroach Janta Party’s X account withheld in India, says founder Abhijeet Dipke
While the X handle of CJP says it has has been withheld in in response to a legal demand, the Instragam account was active with 12.6 million followers till this report was filed.
Cockroach Janta Party’s X account has been withheld in India, its founder Abhijeet Dipke said days after he launched the unofficial politcal campaign.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical political collective emerged last week, had broken the internet with over 6 lakh registrations till its X account was withheld in India. The CJP's X handle had 200K followers.
While the X handle of CJP says it has has been withheld in response to a legal demand, the Instragam account was active with 12.6 million followers till this report was filed.
X usually witholds accounts based in legal demand. Such action is taken if the platform receives a “valid and properly scoped request from an authorised entity” and when “it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in a particular country from time to time," as per the rules.
The platform that started as a joke after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant described young, unemployed Indians as ‘like cockroaches’ has already generated over six lakh registrations and has more followers on Instagram than the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), the world's biggest political party in terms of physical membership.
The online campaign was started by Dipke on 16 May. Dipke has just completed his masters in Public Relations from Boston University in USA.
The CJP’s name is a tongue-in-cheek play on India’s ruling party, the BJP, and its website satirically declares itself as the “Voice of the Lazy & Unemployed.”
The CJP manifesto demands include demands such as a ban on post-retirement Rajya Sabha seats for chief justices, 50 per cent reservation for women in Parliament without increasing the strength of the house, and a 20-year ban on turncoats.
The party has recieved 6 lakh registrations so far, according to Dipke. The CJP’s Instagram account has crossed 12.3 million followers, many lakhs more than Bharatiya Janata Party – worlds biggest political party in physical membership. The BJP has 8.7 million followers on Instagram.
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