Let’s be clear. The Cockroach Janta Party is not a political party. It started as satire – its founder has said so many times, and he said so again when I spent an hour chatting with him for a Newslaundry interview.
Here’s how it began: Abhijeet heard the CJI’s comments after a workout, it enraged him – “how could someone be so bitter” – and he thought to himself: why don’t we all just become cockroaches? He tweeted, gave a call to action for cockroaches to unite, and made a cheeky page. Then an Instagram channel. And then something he hadn't planned for happened.
