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Yesterday — 29 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z Movement in India

29 May 2026 at 05:00
Abhijeet Dipke’s “Cockroach Janta Party” has emerged as the unexpected voice of young people feeling let down by the government and struggling to find jobs.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Abhijeet Dipke at a friend’s home in the United States in May. Mr. Dipke launched the satirical digital group Cockroach Janta Party on May 16, after a controversy surrounding a comment by India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant, who referred to unemployed youth as “parasites” and “cockroaches.”
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