India, Aug. 2 -- Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday backed 15-year-old Ruchika Singh, who has been booked for allegedly using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and questioned whether similar legal action would be taken against members of the BJP's IT cell, whom he accused of routinely using abusive and derogatory language on social media against women, opposition leaders, students and others seeking accountability.

Dipke alleged that BJP IT cell members had for years used "reprehensible" language against women while many of them prominently displayed "Followed by PM Modi" in their social media biographies.

His remarks came after Ruchika Singh, a resident of Noida, was booked by the Uttar Prade...