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Dear Gen Z Indians who signed up to the “Cockroach Janta Party”: It is impossible to look at the current landscape of India — the headlines, the stories emerging from exam centres, and the raw, unfiltered.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday doubled down on his remarks backing the viral satirical outfit Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), saying suppressing such movements in a democracy would be “foolish” and warning that ignoring youth frustration could prove “disastrous”. ‘I prefer satire to chaos’ Using a pressure cooker analogy, Tharoor said such movements function as democratic safety valves. Within days of its launch, the group amassed millions of followers on social media and even drew engagement from politicians across party lines, including Trinamool Congress MPs Mahua Moitra and Kirti Azad.
Shashi Tharoor with Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.NEW DELHI: Have Shashi Tharoor and the Congress finally found a middle ground? The Congress MP from Kerala, whose many statements in the last one year.
