Youth won't be puppets: BJP chief jabs Cockroach party for 'negative politics'

UPDATED: Jun 6, 2026 22:02 IST

Hours after the Cockroach Jantana Party concluded first on-ground agitation, BJP president Nitin Nabin took a sharp swipe at the collective, saying the country's youth would not become puppets in the hands of those seeking to drag them into negative politics.

Addressing a gathering, Nabin said India's youth were focused on nation-building and securing their future, asserting that no one could dictate the direction of the country's young generation, though he did not directly name the Cockroach Party.

"Today's youth wants to work for nation-building and secure their future. But some people have labelled the youth of this country as anti-establishment. To those who want to drag India's youth into negative politics, I want to warn them that the youth of this country will engage in positive politics," he said.

The BJP president further asserted, "We will oppose on the basis of democracy, but we will not allow democratic standards to be destroyed."

Without naming US-based Cockroach Party chief Abjijeet Dipke, Nabin added, "Some people sitting abroad think they can dictate the direction of India's youth."

"But the youth of India will not move forward as puppets in the hands of a few people," he asserted.

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