Bangladesh, May 25 -- Strategic analysts who study political destabilisation in South Asia have, over the last four years, watched a script unfold three times in three different countries- Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024 and Nepal in 2025. Each began as an organic youth movement against a genuine grievance. Each was amplified by social media in a manner that suggested coordination beyond what spontaneous frustration usually produces. Each ended in regime change, with consequences that often hurt the very people the movement claimed to represent. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), launched in India on 16 May 2026, follows the early stages of the same script with unsettling fidelity.

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