NEW DELHI ¨C The largest online expression of dissent against Indian Prime Minister ?Narendra Modi¡¯s 12-year rule began with a satirical riposte to a jibe about young people, triggering death threats to its founder and pushback from ruling party politicians.
The rapid rise to fame of 30-year-old Abhijeet Dipke and his Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which says it represents ¡°the lazy, the unemployed?and the chronically correct,¡°?is driven by the concerns of young people in a country where those below 30 are estimated to number more than half a population of 1.42 billion.
Political analysts say the group¡¯s enormous popularity has begun to dent Modi¡¯s image, despite his party¡¯s recent victories in key state elections, even as wider frustration grows over rising fuel prices and gas shortages brought by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
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