Aditya Ranjan

I still don’t understand the criticism against Cockroach Janta Party. For the past 12 years, PM Modi himself has repeatedly said that the only thing missing in Indian democracy is a strong opposition. But the moment new political voices start emerging outside Congress, AAP and the usual parties, everyone suddenly feels threatened. The entire rise of this party was triggered by public frustration after the CJI’s statement, repeated paper leaks, price hikes, unemployment and the growing disconnect between the government and ordinary citizens. Calling it a “Congress-backed” or “AAP-seeded” project just because some of they share the same ideology & their ideas of democracy somehow overlap is lazy political analysis. Having similar ideological positions does not automatically mean political ownership. Why can’t people simply see it as a new opposition force questioning the current government? They’re not anti-national. Supporting a satirical or alternative political movement does not make someone anti-India. And even if Gen Z is engaging with it partly as a trend, that is still counted as political participation. Democracies evolve when younger generations start questioning power structures instead of blindly worshipping them. Clearly some of you never want this whole corrupt arrangement of democracy to evolve. What’s more concerning is the reaction. Their twitter account getting withheld in india, IT cells aggressively targeting pages, people openly saying “I lose respect for anyone who follows them” that mentality is dangerous. It basically implies that citizens are no longer allowed to hold independent political opinions unless they align with a particular party or leader. This culture where every disagreement is labelled “anti-national” is not patriotism. It is political conditioning. A democracy cannot survive on blind loyalty alone. Governments are supposed to be questioned, criticised, and held accountable especially powerful governments with massive mandates. And if satire itself starts threatening the system, then maybe the problem is not the satire 🙏🏻

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