Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Debki said on Wednesday that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has not revealed the reason for blocking the party’s
Debke, who appeared before the review committee on Wednesday, said he was told the matter was confidential.
“At the hearing, I asked for the blocking order, but the department said it was confidential. I asked for the tweets they found problematic, but they again said they couldn’t share them because they were confidential,” Debkey said.
“If they blocked my account, why don’t they reveal why?”
A senior IT Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, later said the account had been blocked due to alleged links between the company and Pakistan.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have also made similar allegations in the past.
Debke attended a hearing of the review committee formed under the Information Technology Law, at the ministry’s office at 3 p.m. The committee is reviewing government orders directing electronic platforms to ban content or accounts.
The Cockroach Janta Party’s (@CJP_2029) X handle was blocked in India on May 21 under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. This provision allows the government to direct online intermediaries to block access to content under specified circumstances.
CJP, a youth-led collective, has emerged as a voice against exam paper leaks, recruitment delays and alleged irregularities in competitive examinations. The group has been holding a round-the-clock protest at Jantar Mantar since June 20 and has demanded accountability from the government over exam-related issues.
Debki also responded to the recent remarks of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who described the CJP as the “B-Team of terrorists” in an interview with NDTV. “Aren’t you ashamed to call us terrorists? If the students are terrorists, who is left who is not a terrorist?” “I am a cockroach, not a terrorist,” DeBakey said, speaking from a podium decorated with posters reading “I am a cockroach, not a terrorist.”
Dipke also moved the Delhi High Court against the government’s order blocking his X account. Hearing Dibeke’s plea seeking restoration of the account, the Supreme Court on May 29 granted Dibeke an opportunity to present his case before the Center Review Committee constituted under Rule 14 of the Information Technology (Procedures and Safeguards for Blocking Public Access to Information) Rules, 2009, which is examining blocking orders, and directed the committee to examine all aspects and present its decision before the court on the next hearing date, July 7.
