NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday targeted digital activist Abhijeet Dipke over his association with the viral satirical trend, ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), alleging that he is linked to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and questioning the funding behind his reported trip to Boston, while also alleging possible foreign involvement.
In a post shared on X, Dubey accused the AAP of attempting to seek support from foreign entities through Abhijeet Dipke and questioned the alleged foreign funding behind his activities.
“Abhijeet Dipke is a worker of the Aam Aadmi Party, that is, of Arvind Kejriwal ji. Who funded his trip to Boston? Is the Soros Foundation covering the expenses for his stay and food? This is a warning for the opposition: Will you take help from foreign powers to break the country?” Dubey wrote on X.
अभिजीत दीपके आम आदमी पार्टी यानि अरविंद केजरीवाल जी का कार्यकर्ता है,यह बोस्टन किसके पैसे से गया? क्या इसके रहने और खाने का खर्चा सोरोस फाउंडेशन दे रहा है? यह विपक्ष के लिए एक चेतावनी है,क्या आप देश तोड़ने के लिए विदेशी ताक़तों की मदद लेंगे? pic.twitter.com/sgCpKOBWjV
— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) May 22, 2026
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani also questioned the digital trend calling it a deep state Trojan horse.
“A political lab project is under way by the deep state — a ‘Trojan horse’ has been planted from US. This is how Arvind Kejriwal was manufactured once. Now it looks like the same lab is testing a Gen Z prototype. The Cockroach Janta Party is a political influence experiment, purportedly by Abhijeet Dipke — a former AAP social media worker. India has seen this template before. First, sell it as innocence. Then sell it as youth anger. Then sell it as anti-corruption. Then sell it as democracy. Then use it to attack every institution that does not bend to the ecosystem. The real questions are simple: Who is funding this scale? Who is advising the narrative? Who is managing the amplification? Which NGO networks are watching this with interest? Which foreign influence ecosystems will benefit if India’s youth is pushed into distrust, rage and institutional contempt? Because this is how destabilisation projects begin. India’s youth must not become raw material for another Soros-style, AAP-style, NGO-backed political experiment”, he posted on X.
A political lab project is underway by the deep state – a ‘Trojan horse’ has been planted from US.
This is how Arvind Kejriwal was manufactured once.
Now it looks like the same lab is testing a Gen Z prototype.The Cockroach Janta Party is a political influence experiment,… pic.twitter.com/dK4AjJlOme
— Mahesh Jethmalani (@JethmalaniM) May 22, 2026
Activist Abhijeet Dipke had launched of the satrirical digital trend “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP) on X, branding it as the “voice of the lazy & unemployed”. According to claims associated with the trend, it currently has 19.3 million followers on Instagram.
Subsequently, the Cockroach Janta Party’s X account was withheld in India in response to a legal demand, according to Dipke. Hours later, he announced the launch of another account titled “Cockroach Is Back.”
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticised the withholding of its X account in India. In a post on X, Tharoor said he was “incredibly intrigued” by the rise of the trend, which he claimed had crossed 15 million followers on Instagram within five days.
“I understand the frustrations of the youth and see why they are resonating with it. This is precisely why the account being withheld on X is disastrous and deeply unwise — there should be an outlet for the youth to express their feelings and so, let CJP’s account function instead of shutting it down! Democracies need outlets for dissent, humour, satire and even frustration”, Tharoor wrote. (ANI)
