‘Thanks for calling us cockroaches’: Abhijeet Dipke's message for CJI Surya Kant as Modi govt gives in, minister resigns
This movement would not have started.”The comment traces the movement's arc back to its origin point, a May 15 Supreme Court hearing on Senior Advocate designation, during which the CJI remarked that “there are youngsters like cockroaches, who don't get any employment and don't have any place in the profession”. Kant later said the remark was directed only at holders of fake law degrees, not at unemployed youth broadly. He has since reiterated that sections of the media misquoted him.
- ▪This movement would not have started.”The comment traces the movement's arc back to its origin point, a May 15 Supreme Court hearing on Senior Advocate designation, during which the CJI remarked that “there are youngsters like cockroaches,
- ▪Kant later said the remark was directed only at holders of fake law degrees, not at unemployed youth broadly.
- ▪He has since reiterated that sections of the media misquoted him.
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HomeNext‘Thanks for calling us cockroaches’: Abhijeet Dipke's message for CJI Surya Kant as Modi govt gives in, minister resignsCJP traces origin, name to May hearing at which CJI Kant used "cockroaches" and "parasites" for jobless youth and later clarified he meant fake degree holdersUpdated on: Jul 25, 2026, 15:33:11 ISTBy HT News DeskPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link “Thanks for calling us cockroaches.” That was Abhijeet Dipke's message on Saturday to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, delivered from the stage at Jantar Mantar, minutes after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union education minister under pressure from the movement that owed its origin and name to a remarks by India's top judge.Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), during the sit-in protest in New…
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