“One man’s hunger strike changed India’s map. Can it still change politics?”
“India has a new political superstar – a cockroach.”
“Hero of India’s Cockroach party weakens on 19th day of hunger strike.”
“Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol of the divide between rich and poor.”
“Political turmoil in West Bengal as nine million lose voting rights.”
The headlines above are randomly selected from the New York Times, BBC, and The Guardian. These three are not alone; even reporters from the Washington Post and Le Monde are always in search of news that portrays India in a negative light. As a regular reader of these fake news factories (regarding India), I can say and challenge these media houses to show one piece of news that presents India’s growth story.
To understand the impact of false news, I must confess that during Operation Sindoor, when Indian forces carried out missile strikes on terrorism-related infrastructure of Pakistan-based militant groups, I received a WhatsApp message from Paris. Read her message: “My dear, may I share some disturbing news with you? Rumors predict the division of India in the event of an upcoming war. Mumbai is the closest city to the conflict zone. I am thinking of all of you. I want you to be safe. Remember to seek safer places or countries to shelter your family and yourself in case of disaster.”
She expressed her concern because she reads news about India from all the above-mentioned fake news outlets. Every day, the dramatic events at Jantar Mantar were covered by Reuters, Agence France-Presse, foreign media press teams, and paid Indian so-called freelancers and theorists.
Like numerous problems the country is facing, which Mr. MK Gandhi gave as a parting gift to the nation, such as dampening revolutionary zeal and the mother of corruption, the Gram Swaraj, he also introduced Indians to one of the most harmful tactics – the hunger strike. As a favorite of the British monarchy, he encountered no problems during all his well-designed, well-orchestrated hunger strikes because his actions effectively obscured the real issues, making it easier for the administration to operate. His hunger strikes were always the point of crescendo, which distracted the public from the real issues.
Between 1918 and his assassination in 1948, Gandhi fasted repeatedly. By one estimate, he undertook at least 15 major fasts. His longest lasted 21 days; his final fast, in January 1948, lasted five days and failed to restore communal peace in Delhi and other parts of the country. But he and his battery of selfish Congress politicians, and the innocent followers, were very proud; even Gandhi himself wrote in 1948, just before his final fast: “Fasting is his last resort in place of the sword.”
Independent India upheld this tradition. We have witnessed hunger strikes for various causes, often neglecting the customary practice of engaging in dialogue with authorities. Those who engage in this practice consider it an effective appeal to the public conscience. I fully reject the ethics of fasting as a political instrument in a democratic country.
In a 1949 speech, BR Ambedkar argued that once constitutional avenues existed, methods such as fasting and civil disobedience should give way to democratic processes, warning that otherwise they would become the grammar of anarchy and that the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us. Ambedkar’s apprehensions proved correct, and indeed fasting to death has become the grammar of anarchy.
The dirty drama that unfolded in Delhi stems from a contempt plea filed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court for delays in awarding the title of senior advocate. On May 15, 2026, a bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), criticized the petitioner’s lawyer for unprofessional conduct, including social media posts and frivolous lawsuits against the judiciary. “There are already societal parasites who attack the system, and you want to align with them? Some young people are like cockroaches; they remain unemployed and have no place in any profession. Some become media personnel, social media users, RTI activists, or other types of activists, and they begin attacking everyone…” he said.
The word ‘Cockroaches’ immediately caught the attention of the US-based moneybags and their paid associates in India, whom PM Modi refers to as ‘andolanjivi,’ as the excuse they had been waiting for to resume work after their unsuccessful efforts on September 24, 2025, in Leh to replicate their successes in Nepal and Bangladesh.
In September, the central government swiftly acted in Leh after the agencies reported that Sonam Wangchuk had misled the public “through provocative mention of Arab Spring-style protest and references to Gen Z protests in Nepal.”
Now mark the dates: On May 15, 2026, CJI made the remark, and the very next day, on May 16, 2026, a young man seeking a job in the US founded Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on US soil, as if waiting for the trigger. He announced three spokesmen even before landing in the country. Do we still need logic to understand the true motive behind the cockroaches? CJI clarified that his criticism was directed at individuals who entered the legal, media, social media, and other prestigious fields with fake degrees, and he has high regard for India’s youth. Despite this clarification, the ‘cockroach’ label was widely discussed. No doubt some activists and unemployed youth have become ‘cockroaches’ and ‘parasites of society.’
Nobody raised an eyebrow when CJP handle gained popularity online, amassing over 350,000 sign-ups and more than 22 million Instagram followers within a week of its formation. BBC was quick to broadcast an interview with the super-active andolanjivi Yogendra Yadav, taking the news to a wider audience. Now, if you go to the Wikipedia page for this month-old movement, it states that “the movement organizes offline protests and community service activities across multiple states. The movement campaigns against broader societal, economic, and political issues affecting Indian youth.”
The moneybags not only managed to gain so many online followers from the AISA, Youth Congress, JNU students, and other political parties’ youth wings, and thousands of frustrated young men in need of a movement that brings food to the table (it’s quite easy to get individuals in India to serve you for a day if they are paid Rs 750 and a packed lunchbox; it’s no secret. However, confirmed sources said it was Rs 1200 at Jantar Mantar) but also directed Sonam Wangchuk to provide support, being a known face from their stable. How could the man in waiting “to lead India’s second freedom movement,” in his own words, let this opportunity pass by?
A movement needs money. If you gather even 50 people, you have to provide them with water, which costs Rs 120 per bottle. That’s the basic expense. How could you manage such a crowd without money? Even Mr. MK Gandhi was funded by the Birlas. The protesters were calling for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation after a paper leak. They argued that he should take moral responsibility and step down. Look at the absurd demand from these disruptive elements. A representative of people who secured 5,92,162 votes should resign because a few hundred well-paid individuals want him to resign.
Wangchuk’s work earned international recognition, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award, which has a dubious record. You can count on it that most of the Indian awardees were merely protégés of the moneybags. And they are used by those powers. And in such a vast country it’s not difficult to gather 1,800 artists, writers, academics, and activists to sign a statement urging an end to the hunger strike because ‘the government lacks a heart or a conscience.’
The Delhi High Court says, “We only observe that the life of any citizen is precious and all efforts ought to be made by the government authorities to save the same.” The government must bring a bill equating fasting unto death with suicide. The courts must ensure that such people are punished. We don’t pay taxes to feed and secure them. Fasting has become the easiest way to become a hero: to grab attention. No one goes on a fast for a cause; they go for posterity. These people are dangerous to society as a whole. Such actions pose a threat to society because fasting unto death has no place in a constitutional democracy.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are the two main adversaries of India, and they receive substantial funding from undisclosed sources to stir up trouble and, somehow, dethrone Narendra Modi. Amnesty International is working hard to pressure the International Criminal Court (ICC) into issuing a criminal arrest warrant for Narendra Modi for crimes against humanity, similar to those for individuals like Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.
After watching how a Revenue officer could form a political party and become so powerful, many individuals will try to replicate it. The media reports say that all four leading figures received their basic education through that movement.
I must confess that when I launched this magazine in 2016, I visited a friend who was a former journalist and had led a news channel that had just shut down. Six months earlier, he had started a website. I was surprised to see his large office in Chembur, Mumbai, with eight staff members. I shared my financial struggles with him, and he listened quietly. He then suggested I start a website or a political magazine, offering to arrange funding if I made it a platform to criticize Narendra Modi and the BJP. He mentioned that the Gujarat elections are due this year, followed by Maharashtra, and then the Lok Sabha elections in two years.
He claimed that large sums of money are flowing into the country, and invited me to join the bandwagon. My refusal made him suspicious; he stopped returning my calls, and we never saw each other again. I was also surprised when he mentioned a famous Bangalore-based donor. And if we do a little research, we will find so many ex-journalists busy creating an ecosystem against the current government. As for this movement, I must say that the people associated with it are real cockroaches. And what do we do when we find a cockroach? We simply crush them.
