The IYC accused the Centre of “battling paper leaks, unemployment, corruption and institutional collapse” while choosing “arrogance over accountability”.

The Congress youth wing on Tuesday expanded its ‘Indian Youth Cockroaches’ campaign into what it called a “nationwide youth resistance movement”, positioning it as a protest against paper leaks, unemployment and corruption — taking the campaign name from the viral online movement Cockroach Janta Party.

The move by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) comes amid the rapid spread of the word “cockroach” across online political discourse and satire. The Cockroach Janta Party itself takes its name from the word having been used by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant recently for fake-degree holders. The CJP has said it is not partisan in its politics but remains committed to highlighting the BJP regime’s alleged failures.

IYC on unemployment and corruption
In a press release, the IYC accused the PM Narendra Modi-led Centre of “paper leaks, unemployment, corruption and institutional collapse” while choosing “arrogance over accountability”.

“Young people who raise their voice are labelled ‘anti-national’, jailed, intimidated, suspended from social media platforms and treated like enemies by the very government that promised them a future,” the release alleged.

The organisation further claimed that India’s youth “have been reduced to ‘cockroaches’ by the government” and said it had “decided not to run away from the insult”.

IYC in-charge Manish Sharma said that if demanding jobs, justice and accountability “makes India’s youth ‘cockroaches’ in the eyes of powers, then yes, we proudly accept it”.

“These ‘Indian Youth Cockroaches’ are young Indians who refuse to stay silent, who continue resisting despite FIRs, jail, intimidation and repression, and who stand fearlessly with the people against corruption, paper leaks and unemployment. This movement is not just a campaign. It is a collective resistance of young Indians who refuse to stay silent while their future is destroyed,” he said.