Chief Justice Surya Kant's 'Cockroach' Remark: What He Said, Why India Exploded

On 15 May 2026, India's Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed graduates seeking government jobs to 'cockroaches crawling for crumbs' during a Supreme Court hearing. The remark detonated across Indian social media within hours, and by the next morning Abhijeet Dipke had launched the Cockroach Janta Party as a direct satirical response. The CJP's rise from that single remark to 20 million followers is the story of how one phrase changed Indian political discourse.