Thousands of Indians Are Using Their CJP Cards as Dating App Profile Pictures. It Is Working.

A new trend is sweeping India's dating apps: users replacing their first profile photo with their AI-generated Cockroach Janta Party member card — CJP rank and member ID visible to any potential match. On Bumble and Tinder India, the card has become shorthand for 'I'm politically aware, I have a sense of humour, I don't take myself too seriously.' Vice India speaks to ten users who tried it and finds the CJP card is, counterintuitively, producing more matches than conventional photos — the clearest sign yet that the movement has entered the deepest layer of Indian popular culture.