X withholds CJP account in India, platform says done due to a ‘legal demand’
The X (formerly Twitter) account of satirical political outfit Cockroach Janata Party has been withheld in India after it gained substantial popularity on social media in matter of just a few days and even overtook Bharatiya Janata Party’s following on Instagram.
The founder of the outfit, Abhijeet Dipke, shared a photo of the pop up showing when opening the X account and wrote in the caption, “As expected Cockroach Janta Party’s account has been withheld in India.”
The account, with username CJP_2029, is showing ‘Account Withheld’ in bold letters, followed by “@CJP_2029 has been withheld in IN in response to a legal demand.”
This setback for Cockroach Janta Party, also called CJP, comes just when the outfit was gaining momentum for its satirical stance on Indian politics.
However, just hours later, another account popped up with the name ‘Cockroach is Back’ and has so far got over 21k followers on X in just a little over an hour. The profile reads ‘Cockroaches don’t die!’.
