X axe on Cockroach party’s political crawl, founder launches new account

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) found its X account blocked in India on Thursday, five days after its satirical and meme-driven political movement became an Internet sensation and helped it surpass the BJP’s follower count on Instagram.

Boston-based CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, who has two lakh followers on X, said this was expected. Hours later, he launched another account with the user ID @cockroachisback.