RSS-Linked Magazine Criticises ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ Over Digital Activism Campaign

PTI, May 26, 2026, New Delhi : The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is an “anarchic digital activism” movement launched from overseas in an attempt to “indoctrinate Gen Z against the government”, according to two articles published in the RSS-linked Organiser magazine.

The CJP is a satirical digital outfit that recently gained significant attention on social media platforms.

The “true goal” of this movement is to “derail the focussed hard work” required for nation-building and replace it with a “culture of grievance”, claimed one of the articles titled ‘Cockroach Syndrome: The New Face of Anti-India Tech Cynicism’, published on the magazine’s website.

Krishnakumar Kaimal, the author of the article, stated that the “digital eruption of the so-called Cockroach Janta Party is being enthusiastically hailed by a certain freebie-centric, left-leaning political ecosystem as a masterstroke of Generation Z satire”.

However, he argued that “a close serious examination of their so-called five goals reveals a terrifying blueprint for institutional collapse, masquerading as youthful, digital rebellion”.

Another article, titled ‘Cockroach Janta Party: A Bid to Indoctrinate Gen Z Against the Government’, claimed that “one AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) member living in the United States created an Instagram page called Cockroach Janta Party and made great promises to young people, plainly indicating an anti-BJP push”.

“In a short period of time, this page attracted millions of followers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States and other countries. The objective can be interpreted as brainwashing young people in order to overthrow the government,” wrote Dr Pankaj Jagannath Jayswal, the author of the second article.

Kaimal further claimed that one of the most concerning aspects of the CJP’s agenda was the “explicit documented demand” to cancel the licences of media houses owned by the Adani Group and Reliance Industries, along with probing the bank accounts of certain journalists.

“This is textbook Stalinist communist censorship. It is a vicious, targeted attack on domestic capital, seeking to silence any platform that does not align with their chaotic left-wing worldview,” he alleged.

“This explicit venomous attack on major Indian conglomerates exposes the profound, unignorable hypocrisy of the CJP, its founder and its digital supporters,” he added.

The article also criticised the CJP’s demand that the Chief Election Commissioner be arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) if votes are deleted, describing it as a “violent threat designed to paralyse the democratic process”.

Kaimal further argued that the demand for a mandatory 50 per cent reservation for women in Cabinet positions, irrespective of parliamentary strength or electoral mandates, reflected “a complete, frightening ignorance of constitutional governance”.

“It is a hollow slogan designed for social media engagement, not a serious policy for running a complex nation of 1.4 billion people,” he wrote.

The article also objected to the CJP’s proposal for a 20-year ban on politicians who switch parties, calling it a “totalitarian oversimplification of democratic representation”.

“It strips elected officials of their constitutional agency and binds them as slaves to party high commands, destroying the very essence of intra-party democracy and representative flexibility,” Kaimal stated.

The article further criticised the CJP’s proposal to ban post-retirement roles for Chief Justices, describing it as a “thinly veiled, highly reactionary attack”.

“Given that this entire digital movement emerged in response to a specific judge’s casual comment, this policy is nothing more than a petty, personal vendetta artificially codified into a national political demand,” the article stated.

“The true goal of this movement is to derail the focussed hard work required for nation-building and replace it with a culture of grievance,” it added.