Fresh questions have been raised over the authenticity of the viral Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram following, after politically aligned media and social‑media accounts circulated alleged audience‑insights screenshots showing large, symmetric clusters of followers in foreign locations.
According to these allegations, the CJP handle’s analytics show around 8.6 lakh followers from Topeka in the US state of Kansas, a city whose own population is estimated at roughly 1.25–1.26 lakh. The same set of screenshots and clips also cite exactly 8.9 lakh followers each from Palestine, Ivory Coast, Malaysia and Brazil, arguing that the repetition of identical numbers across countries points to a coordinated, inorganic expansion of the account’s audience.
The figures have been highlighted prominently in a primetime segment and digital shorts aired by Republic TV, which describes the pattern as evidence of a “bought and bot campaign” behind the Cockroach Janta Party’s explosive growth on Instagram. Excerpts from the broadcast are now being widely reshared by pro‑government pages and influencer accounts.
The Cockroach Janta Party, launched this month by AAP’s social media strategist Abhijeet Dipke, began reportedly as a satirical response to controversial remarks in which India’s Chief Justice was accused of comparing unemployed legal fraternity youth to “cockroaches.” Within days, the project’s social‑media handles amassed millions of followers, drew extensive coverage from Indian and international media, after it started pushing an anti-BJP agenda and calling for a ‘GenZ’ rebellion akin to those in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
That rapid surge triggered a backlash. Netizens shared a different set of analytics claiming that roughly half of CJP’s followers were based in Pakistan and only around 9% in India, branding the outfit “Pakistan Janta Party” and reviving old allegations that Dipke is an “ISI asset.”
Hey @grok is this real data? pic.twitter.com/7Jvg6eKfIo
— ʀᴀᴍ (@ramdevkar07) May 22, 2026
In response, CJP released what it said were its own Instagram insights, asserting that about 94% of its followers are from India, with only small fractions from the US and UK.
I know you are desperately trying to hack the account but since you have failed to do so. Let me share the real data.
Why would you call 94% of Indian youth as Pakistanis? https://t.co/547NtEP934 pic.twitter.com/9DRTx6l96e
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) May 21, 2026
The newer Topeka‑ and foreign‑cluster‑based allegations add a second line of attack: that even if followers are not concentrated in Pakistan, they may still be inflated through paid or automated campaigns.
Wow! CJP Instagram got exactly 8.9 lakh “followers” from many tiny nations. Appears that the bot developer re-run same code by just changing the nationality of the bot swarm.@Meta @metaindia is not sleeping. They are pretending to sleep. pic.twitter.com/KyDykc8Ggb
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) May 29, 2026
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