New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has once again become a settlement site. A day after police used tear gas and batons on thousands of people marching to Parliament, hundreds of supporters of the Panerola Janta Party (CJP) remain camped there, refusing to march to the Education Minister. Dharmendra Pradhan to resign Delhi Police said nearly 180 people were injured in Monday’s crackdown, including both protesters and security personnel. At the center of this movement is Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old political communications strategist whose academic background tells a lot about how a joke became a national conversation.
From Pune to Boston
Abhijeet Dipke was born in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, now renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. He completed his BA in Journalism in Pune, where he first dabbled in media ethics, political reporting and public communication. He later moved to the United States and earned a Master of Science in Public Relations from Boston University, studying how messaging shapes public perception in the digital age.
Campaign background before CJP
Between 2020 and 2023, Dipke volunteered with the social media team of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). During the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections, won by Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP, Dipke worked on meme-based digital campaigns targeting youth voters. That period gave him first-hand experience of how Internet culture translates into political engagement, long before CJP existed.
Where satire meets strategy
In 2023, Abhijeet Dipke returned to Aurangabad while preparing his applications to the United States. After graduating, he launched the Cockroach Janta Party on 16 May 2026, days after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant compared unemployed youth to cockroaches during a hearing. What started as a satirical response, built by someone trained in journalism and communication rather than party politics, quickly crossed thousands of entries and became the movement that is now calling for educational reform at Jantar Mantar.