No permission for human chain protest called by Cockroach Janta Party: Bengaluru police

Bengaluru constabulary connected Friday (May 22, 2026) cautioned against gathering for a “peaceful quality chain” adjacent Town Hall successful the bosom of the metropolis aft a purported invitation poster began circulating connected societal media nether the heading “Cockroach Janta Party Karnataka,” a satirical online outfit.

In the purported poster, the outfit invited radical to articulation a peaceful quality concatenation adjacent Town Hall connected Sunday (May 24, 2026). The poster read: “All cockroaches and fans of the Cockroach Janata Party, articulation america to show our powerfulness and nonstop retired a connection to the self-decepted administration.”

It besides carried the tagline, “Not conscionable online, it’s clip to amusement powerfulness successful the streets.”

Soon after, the Bengaluru City Police issued a connection saying that nary idiosyncratic had obtained support to behaviour specified a demonstration, nor had anyone sought support from the Greater Bengaluru Authority.

The constabulary said specified a objection cannot beryllium held connected the streets, arsenic it would interruption a High Court bid stating that protests should lone beryllium held astatine Freedom Park.

“The nationalist is advised not to knowingly oregon unknowingly guardant oregon stock the said connection done societal media platforms specified arsenic Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, X, etc., and not to stitchery adjacent Town Hall,” the BCP noted.

The purported poster besides carried an representation depicting cockroaches walking towards Vidhana Soudha holding posters that work “Namma Hakku”.

“Come, cockroaches; let’s nonstop retired a message. There is nary person here; we are our ain leaders. There is nary organisation here; citizens joining hands is itself an organisation,” it said.

The CJP is simply a satirical governmental question founded connected May 16 by Abhijeet Dipke, erstwhile governmental strategist for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The level was started successful effect to CJI Surya Kant’s comment describing young, unemployed Indians arsenic “cockroaches”. Later, the CJI issued a clarification saying that the media “misquoted” him.