India Youth Create Online Parody Party After Judge Remarks

An Indian student at Boston University used artificial intelligence to create a parody political party called the Cockroach Janta Party. The account was launched after Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed youth to cockroaches during court remarks.

The parody gained rapid online attention, with supporters posting images of cockroach masks at street demonstrations. Social media accounts associated with the campaign recorded high engagement before facing reported hacking attempts. Abhijeet Dipke, the 30-year-old creator of the account, stated he had received death threats for three days and that threats had also reached his family.

Digital rights groups condemned the reported actions against the accounts.

Background on the remarks and response Chief Justice Surya Kant later said his comments targeted individuals holding fake degrees and were misquoted. The clarification did not reduce online activity tied to the parody. India reports an urban youth unemployment rate of 14 percent, with nearly 40 percent of graduates under age 25 listed as unemployed in the 2026 State of Working India Report.

The country produces about eight million graduates annually.

U.S. visa changes and enrollment data U.S. student visa restrictions and increased revocations coincided with a 17 percent drop in foreign student admissions for the 2025 fall semester, according to the Institute of International Education. Indian media reported an additional 75 percent decline in Indian admissions and roughly 8,000 visa revocations before December 2025.

Sushant Singh, a lecturer at Yale University, said the combination of domestic joblessness and changes in U.S. visa policy has increased visible frustration among Indian students and recent graduates.