AGARTALA: To truly establish her credentials as a Cockroach, Madhavi Biswas, a 41-year-old blunt critic and also a video creator from Tripura, did what the movement perhaps did not expect, arriving at Jantar Mantar on Saturday after reportedly crowdfunding her travel expenses to join hundreds at the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) first-ever street protest in New Delhi.
Biswas, popularly known for sharp and blunt commentary on the government allegedly using abusive words out of frustration, made the long journey from Tripura to the national capital after collecting money from her online supporters.
While speaking with an international media reporter at the protest site, Biswas said, “I came here using donations. Some supporters of mine donated, and since not everyone could come, they sent me.” This encounter briefly pushed the Tripura video creator onto the global stage.
For Biswas, the journey was personal. “I also have a student at home who will be appearing for exams next year. Paper leaks happening two, three, four times every year, that bothers me too,” she said. She added that Sonam Wangchuk’s concern for students was a key reason she made the trip. “The way he thinks about students, about their future, no other government is thinking like that,” she said.
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On why change was coming, she was characteristically direct. “If students do not take responsibility into their own hands, nothing can happen to this country. And it is a very big thing that students have now come out on the road,” she said.
Meanwhile, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke also attended the demonstration, which was held under heavy security. Dipke later posted on social media that Saturday’s protest was “just a trailer.”
Whether Madhavi Biswas returned to Tripura satisfied is not known. But she did leave Delhi having spoken to an international audience, which, by the movement’s own logic, is exactly what a cockroach would do.
The CJP, founded on May 16, 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke, emerged after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant compared unemployed youth to “cockroaches” during a Supreme Court hearing. What followed was a social media movement that crossed 20 million Instagram followers within days, eventually spilling onto the streets of Delhi on Saturday with hundreds turning up at Jantar Mantar, many in cockroach masks and carrying flowers, demanding accountability over alleged irregularities in examinations including NEET, CBSE, CUET and SSC. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk also addressed the crowd.