In the summer of 2026, as India reeled from the NEET paper-leak protests, a new force suddenly appeared on the streets. Calling itself CJP — Cockroach Janata Party — it was presented as if it was a pure organic youth uprising. Abhijeet Dipke, a young man who claimed the movement was born as the time demanded. The narrative was perfect: angry students, a corrupt system, a fearless Gen-Z leader rising from nowhere.
Allegations of foreign funding quickly surrounded the Cockroach Janta Party during the 2026 NEET protests. Critics highlighted earlier grants from the US-based Thakur Family Foundation to CJP spokesperson Saurav Das for journalism work, along with broader claims linking the group’s leadership and ideological networks to organisations such as the Human Rights Foundation and international human-rights forums. Some narratives go further, asking whether the real power behind CJP lies with the Human Rights Foundation and its annual Oslo Freedom Forum. Looking at the timeline, certain sequences stand out.
Human Rights Foundation behind CJP
Political analyst PN Rai has advanced one of the sharper versions of this critique in a widely circulated video monologue. He argues that CJP “was never formed in Abhijeet Dipke’s bedroom.” According to Rai, the real force behind the organisation is the Human Rights Foundation, and the entire strategy was crafted at the Oslo Freedom Forum, which HRF organises. He points to Indian attendees Saurav Das and Supriya Sharma at the forum, and notes that one of the featured speakers was the Norwegian journalist (Helle Lyng Svendsen) who had earlier heckled Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Oslo visit.
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CJP कभी भी अभिजीत दीपके के बेडरूम में नहीं बना था।
CJP के पीछे की असली ताकत 'ह्यूमन राइट्स फाउंडेशन' (Human Rights Foundation) है…
…और यह पूरा खेल ओस्लो फ्रीडम फोरम (Oslo Freedom Forum) में रचा गया था, जिसका आयोजन ह्यूमन राइट्स फाउंडेशन ने किया था।
और अंदाजा लगाइए कि… pic.twitter.com/WbQj222LDS
— P.N.Rai (@PNRai1) October 4, 2026
Rai claims the script was prepared well in advance and brought into India primarily through Saurav Das and the Thakur Foundation. He states that the foundation provided Das with roughly ₹11 lakh as early startup funding and that Das has also received an advance for a book, drawing a parallel with how Newt Gingrich was positioned in the United States around the launch of Fox News. On Dipke himself, Rai alleges that the CJP founder received a full year of training in the United States from the Human Rights Foundation and George Soros-linked networks, questions the documentation of a second year at Boston University, and suggests large donations may have been used to secure academic credentials.
He further highlights Supriya Sharma’s role as a prominent speaker at the Oslo Freedom Forum, where she discussed cases such as Umar Khalid, spoke of religious oppression in India, compared sections of Hindu society to historical authoritarian figures, and portrayed Modi as a dictator. Rai notes that Sharma co-authored a book framing “love jihad” as a fictional narrative. In his view, significant foreign money is being channelled into India through such networks, which is why FCRA regulations matter and why some political parties oppose them.
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Oslo Event and CJP Timeline
The timeline, when examined closely, reveals a series of striking sequences.
May 18, 2026: Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen attempt to confront PM Modi during his Oslo visit.
June 1–3, 2026: Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) 2026, organised by the Human Rights Foundation, took place. Supriya Sharma (Executive Editor, Scroll) was a speaker and delivered the talk “Fighting Numbness, Speaking Truth,” criticising the Modi government on press freedom, majoritarianism, and media control. She is also co-author of the book Love Jihad and Other Fictions.
June 6, 2026: Abhijeet Dipke returned to India from the United States.
Mid-to-late June 2026: CJP (Cockroach Janta Party) protests against the NEET paper leak intensified, including a sit-in at Jantar Mantar. The agitation contributed to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation after roughly five weeks.
Reports and records indicate that activists and journalists connected to Indian civil-society networks, including Saurav Das and Supriya Sharma, have been associated with the same ecosystem of forums. The overarching theme of the gathering centred on understanding how authoritarian systems operate and dismantling them through courage, strategy, technology, and solidarity.
CJP began demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with protests in Mumbai on 2 October and a planned march to Delhi scheduled for 10 October. In his monologue, Rai issued a direct warning to India’s Gen Z and Gen Alpha: question the government vigorously, especially on education and employment, but avoid being drawn into what he described as the ideological ecosystem of CJP, certain human-rights organisations, and Oslo Forum-linked networks.
He cited historical patterns of left-driven student mobilisations that, in his view, had contributed to political upheaval in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Cuba. The Oslo Freedom Forum describes itself as a catalyst where “ideas turn into action.” The sequence of events, organisations, speakers, and activist networks outlined here raises serious questions about how political narratives concerning India are developed, refined, and amplified on international platforms — and how quickly those narratives can translate into street-level mobilisation at home.
