The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has embraced the cockroach meme trend, launching a bold online campaign to counter the Cockroach Janta Party's digital dominance.

The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world's largest democracy.

NEW DELHI — India's viral 'cockroach' political parody group says the authorities have blocked its website just days since it launched as a joke after...

CJP's latest Insta post showed young people dressed as “cockroaches” in Jaipur, protesting against corruption, while it was centre of action across states. | India News

The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has embraced the cockroach meme trend, launching a bold online campaign to counter the Cockroach Janta Party's digital dominance.

The IYC accused the Centre of “battling paper leaks, unemployment, corruption and institutional collapse” while choosing “arrogance over accountability”. | India News

A satirical political movement has gone viral amongst India's youth with an unusual mascot at the helm: the cockroach. The Cockroach Janta Party was born after India's chief…

The satirical movement is a highly visible digital expression of frustration but cannot substitute for collective action and organisation on the ground.