2026-05-22 12:39 AM IST
India’s social media landscape has erupted after controversial remarks linked to Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant allegedly comparing unemployed youth to “cockroaches” triggered a massive nationwide backlash and an explosive wave of digital resistance. What began as outrage soon transformed into one of the internet’s most bizarre and powerful viral protest movements, the rise of the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ or CJP. The remarks associated with Surya Kant sparked intense debate online, with thousands of young Indians expressing anger over unemployment, economic distress and growing frustration with the system. Within hours, meme pages parody accounts and digital creators turned the controversy into a full-scale internet movement. WATCH