While addressing the crowd gathered at the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, founder Abhijeet Dipke invoked the famous Spiderman quote: “With great power comes great responsibility.” It is worth holding him to that standard, and asking what CJP has done right, and what it has missed.
The CJP’s founding was an internet accident – a satire that became too real too quickly. Its Instagram handle gained a following of 22 million, far surpassing the ruling BJP. But would it translate into an offline presence? This is what people wanted to know and see happen.
