New Delhi, May 26 -- The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on May 29 the plea filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke challenging the blocking of the party's X (formerly Twitter) account by the Central Government.

The matter is listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav on Friday.

Dipke has approached the High Court alleging that the government blocked the party's social media presence, citing national security concerns. Along with the withholding of the party's X handle, Dipke has also alleged that the party's Instagram account, website and backup social media accounts were either hacked or taken down as part of a wider crackdown on the satirical political movement.

According to Dipke, the official Instagr...