Hostile networks, both domestic and foreign, are deploying a well-documented playbook to manufacture a permanent sense of national unease in India. The objective is to create a slow and creeping suspicion that the country is failing, its leadership is corrupt, and its institutions are broken. India has proven harder to break than most, but these forces have shifted their attention to social media, targeting young Indians who form their political opinions online.
The 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP) is a recent example of this formula, aimed at India's digitally active youth population. Its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, has a background in the Aam Aadmi Party's social media and communications work, raising questions about whether CJP is functioning as a digital instrument of organised opposition.
India's trajectory is one of consistent GDP growth above 7% and a thriving startup ecosystem. The country's youth are not just witnesses to this story, but its next chapter, with policy architecture being built today specifically for them to step into.
The forces trying to manufacture doubt about India's future are descendants of the same strategic interest that never wanted India to rise. India needs a dedicated social media monitoring and rapid response cell equipped with advanced analytics to identify and counter these campaigns in real time.
