Cockroach Janta Party’s X Account Blocked Hours After Surpassing BJP in Instagram Followers

The X account of the youth’s rebellious party, the Cockroach Janta Party was withheld on Thursday, 21 May just hours after the satirical movement overtook the BJP ’s official instagram account in followers count which further intensified the online buzz around the movement.

This development was confirmed by the party leader Abhijeet Dipke as he wrote in an X post: "As expected, Cockroach Janta Party's account has been withheld in India".

The blocking came just around the corner of the unexpected rise of the Cockroach Janta Party across social media platforms. What barely started days ago as an online satire movement has now transformed into a full fledged digital phenomena. It is fuelled by the youth who are frustrated over unemployment, exam paper leaks, political discourse and largely institutional accountability.

Why the account was withheld

According to X policies such action is taken if the platform receives a ‘valid and properly scoped request from an authorised entity’ and when ‘it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in a particular country from time to time.’

Such withholdings will be limited to the specific jurisdiction that has issued the valid legal demand or where the content has been found to violate local law, it said.

CJP beats BJP on Instagram

This ban came hours after the CJP instagram account crossed ten million followers on Instagram and overtook the BJP’s account in follower count which currently has around 8.7 million followers.