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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) laminitis Abhijeet Dipke connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) alleged a crackdown connected the satirical integer outfit, saying it does not person entree to immoderate of its societal media accounts pursuing a bid of takedowns and hacking incidents.
In a station connected X, helium claimed his idiosyncratic Instagram relationship has besides been hacked.
This comes a time 2 days aft the CJP's relationship connected X was withheld successful India and Dipke created a caller one.
The outfit connected Friday launched a run seeking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation implicit alleged systemic failures successful the acquisition assemblage and the NEET-UG 2026 insubstantial leak. Later successful the day, Mr. Dipke claimed that helium was receiving decease threats and shared screenshots of the menace messages.
In a station connected X connected Saturday, Mr. Dipke listed what helium described arsenic coordinated enactment against the movement.
Hacked, withheld
"Crackdown connected Cockroach Janta Party. Instagram leafage hacked. My idiosyncratic Instagram hacked. Twitter relationship withheld. Back up relationship besides taken down," helium said.
"Please enactment that we presently bash not person entree to immoderate of our platforms. Any station made aft this should not beryllium considered an authoritative connection from the Cockroach Janta Party," helium said.
The CJP website — cockroachjantaparty.org — has besides been taken down, and is nary longer accessible.
Mr. Dipke linked the enactment against the level to its run against Mr. Pradhan.
"Action should person been taken against the Education Minister for the insubstantial leak. For the pupil who mislaid his beingness owed to the government's failure. But successful New India, enactment is being taken against the Cockroach Janta Party for demanding accountability," helium said.
In a station shared by its backup handle, 'Cockroach is Back', connected X, the CJP said it had reached the milestone of "one cardinal registered Cockroaches" connected its website successful little than a week.
"The question keeps getting bigger contempt each the crackdown!" it said.
At 8.25 a.m., different station by the grip said the CJP's authoritative Instagram relationship had been hacked and entree to it had been lost.
At 6.50 a.m., the CJP issued a connection distancing itself from immoderate protestation call.
"The Cockroach Janta Party has not fixed immoderate specified call. The authorities is conscionable waiting for 1 mishap to demonise the full movement. We petition each cockroaches to stay peaceful and careful," the station said.
The backup account, 'Cockroach is Back', had implicit 2,02,000 followers astatine the clip of filing this report. Its Instagram relationship had implicit 21.9 cardinal followers.
Legal options considered
Mr. Dipke had earlier told PTI that attempts had been made to hack the CJP's relationship and that ineligible options were being considered.
The CJP emerged past week amid a contention surrounding remarks attributed to the Chief Justice of India during a tribunal proceeding and rapidly gained traction online done memes and governmental commentary astir issues specified arsenic unemployment, introspection insubstantial leaks and education.
The withholding of its X grip successful India has drawn disapproval from integer rights radical Internet Freedom Foundation, which termed the enactment a misuse of authorities power.
