‘You cannot hack this movement’: Abhijeet Dipke after CJP accounts taken down

New Delhi: Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical digital collective Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Saturday alleged a coordinated crackdown against the outfit after its social media accounts were withheld, hacked or taken down following its recent campaign targeting the government over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.

“You can hack and withhold the accounts but you cannot hack this movement. We are not going to stop and we will keep raising our voice against this autocracy. Every attack makes cockroaches stronger. We are working on a plan to get this movement to continue sustainably and take it to the next level. Will share more soon! Cockroaches never die!,” Dipke wrote on X.

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In another post, Dipke claimed that both the CJP’s official Instagram account and his personal Instagram account had been hacked.

“Crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party. Instagram page hacked. My personal Instagram hacked. Twitter account withheld. Back up account also taken down,” he said.

“Please note that we currently do not have access to any of our platforms. Any post made after this should not be considered an official statement from the Cockroach Janta Party,” he added.

The claims come two days after the CJP’s X account was withheld in India, prompting Dipke to launch a backup account. The group’s website, cockroachjantaparty.org, has also reportedly gone offline.

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The outfit had launched a campaign on Friday demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged systemic failures in the education sector and the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy. Later that day, Dipke claimed he had received death threats and shared screenshots of alleged threatening messages online.

Linking the action against the platform to its campaign, Dipke wrote, “Action should have been taken against the Education Minister for the paper leak. For the student who lost his life due to the government's failure. But in New India, action is being taken against the Cockroach Janta Party for demanding accountability.”

In a post shared through its backup X handle, ‘Cockroach is Back’, the group claimed it had crossed “one million registered Cockroaches” on its website within a week.

“The movement keeps getting bigger despite all the crackdown!” the account posted.

The backup handle also issued a statement distancing the organisation from any protest calls circulating online.

“The Cockroach Janta Party has not given any such call. The government is just waiting for one mishap to demonise the entire movement. We request all cockroaches to remain peaceful and careful,” the post said.

The CJP emerged online last week amid controversy surrounding remarks attributed to the Chief Justice of India during a court hearing and quickly gained traction through memes and political commentary on unemployment, exam paper leaks and education-related issues.

The withholding of the group’s X handle in India has also drawn criticism from Internet Freedom Foundation, which described the action as a misuse of state power.