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The movement got sparked after CJI Surya Kant quickly went viral after likening some of India's unemployed youth to "cockroaches" and "parasites", and adding that those who cannot secure jobs for themselves join journalism, social media or become RTI activists and "attack the system". Now the movement boasts of more than 20 million followers — nearly twice that of India's political party on the social media platform.
Cockroach Janta Party had website https://cockroachjantaparty.org/
You find their Vision, Mission, The Manifesto;
Vision:
We are not here to set up another PM CARES, holiday in Davos on the taxpayer's salary slip, or rebrand corruption as "strategic spending." We are here to ask — loudly, repeatedly, in writing — where the money went.
Mission:
Build a party for the young people who keep getting called lazy, chronically online, and — most recently — cockroaches. That's it. That's the mission. The rest is satire.
The Cockroach Janta Party manifesto, which is as follows:
- If the CJP comes in power, no Chief Justice shall be granted a Rajya Sabha (Upper House) seat as a post-retirement reward.
- If any legit vote is deleted, whether in a CJP or opposition-ruled state, the CEC shall be arrested under UAPA, as taking away voting rights of citizens is no less than terrorism.
- Women shall receive 50 per cent reservation, not 33 per cent, without increasing the strength of Parliament. Additionally, 50 per cent of all Cabinet positions shall be reserved for women.
- All media houses owned by Ambani and Adani shall have their licences cancelled to make way for truly independent media. Bank accounts of Godi media anchors shall be investigated.
- Any MLA or MP who defects from one party to another shall be barred from contesting elections — and from holding any public office — for a period of 20 years.