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A lawyer-activist has filed an exertion with the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the Registration of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) arsenic a governmental enactment nether the Representation of the People’s Act.
The lawyer Sudhir Jakhar, a nonmigratory of Panipat successful Haryana, told The Hindu that helium had to determination successful for the registration of the enactment arsenic Boston-based Abhijeet Dipke, who had formed the satirical level connected societal media, was not successful a presumption to travel to India.
Mr. Jakhar said helium had been a pupil person and has since been associated with the farmers’ agitation.
The application, a transcript of which is disposable with The Hindu, seeks to registry the Cockroach Janta Party arsenic a governmental enactment nether conception 29 (A) of the RPI Act, 1951. Mr. Jakhar has listed himself arsenic the nationalist convener of the party.
“The projected governmental question has emerged arsenic a people-centric antiauthoritarian inaugural dedicated towards assemblage service, law awareness, societal accountability, biology protection, carnal welfare, transparency successful governance and promotion of cardinal duties enshrined nether 51 (A) of the constitution of India,” the exertion said.
Mr. Jakhar said that helium volition taxable immoderate caller documents again connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026).
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a viral satirical online movement, was founded by Mr. Dipke pursuing remarks by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant connected May 15 that definite unemployed younker behave “like cockroaches” and “parasites of society”. The CJI aboriginal clarified that his remarks had been misrepresented. The question rapidly amassed tens of millions of followers connected Instagram.
The authorities had taken down the X grip of the party, citing nationalist information concerns. Mr. Dipke approached the Delhi High Court connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026), challenging the blocking of the party’s X account.
The demands of the enactment listed successful Mr. Jakhar’s exertion see promotion of cardinal duties nether the Constitution’s Article 51A, antiauthoritarian participation, societal audit of governance, biology protection, carnal welfare, ineligible awareness, whistleblower protection, transparency, communal harmony, and peaceful antiauthoritarian reforms.
They are antithetic from CJP’s archetypal 5 demands, which were — nary Rajya Sabha seats for retired Chief Justices, prosecution nether anti-terror instrumentality for ballot deletions, 50% women’s preservation successful Parliament and Cabinet, cancellation of media licences of billionaire industrialists, and a 20-year prohibition connected governmental defectors.
While the registration of a enactment is optional, it enables a governmental outfit to assertion definite benefits nether the law, specified arsenic accepting donations.
The ECI registers governmental parties nether conception 29 (A) of the RPA Act, arsenic good arsenic the guidelines of the Registration of Political Parties. It tin besides find a registered party’s authorised office-bearers nether the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968.
