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title: "What sparked it, and how did an online joke turn into a camp-out at Jantar Mantar?"  
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published: 2026-07-24  
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# What sparked it, and how did an online joke turn into a camp-out at Jantar Mantar?

## Answers

### Answer by Ravi Vishwakarma

It started back in May as a social media campaign called the Cockroach Janta Party, put together by Abhijeet Dipke. The name was a jab at a comment from the Chief Justice of India, who'd compared unemployed youth and social media activists to "cockroaches" and "parasites." What began as online mockery eventually spilled into protests.


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