India, June 10 -- An unusual digital phenomenon is shaking up India's political landscape. What started as an online joke has rapidly mutated into a massive youth-led digital movement: the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Blending satire, meme culture, and anti-establishment frustration, this parody movement has captured the attention of millions of Gen Z internet users, triggering fierce national debates and even drawing scrutiny from the country's highest legal and political institutions.

The movement traces its origins to controversial remarks attributed to Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant, who allegedly compared unemployed or socially disengaged youth to "cockroaches" and "parasites." Rather than staging traditional protests, young inter...