Abhijeet Dipke Jumps in on Supreme Court Remark on Mahua Moitra’s Egg-Throwing Concern, Returning the Favour?

Mahua Moitra: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra seeking permission to appear virtually before police in a hate-speech case, after her counsel cited security concerns over past egg-throwing incidents at her constituency office. Justice Dipankar Datta, on a bench with Justice Sheel Nagu, was unmoved: “You are a Member of Parliament? Having taken the plunge into politics, you fear eggs? When our freedom fighters have taken bullets on their chest?” The remark led Moitra’s counsel to withdraw the plea, which was dismissed as withdrawn.

Dipke’s Sharp Reaction

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke wasted no time weighing in. Reacting on X, he wrote, “Does the Supreme Court now want everybody to take bullets? When these kinds of statements are made by the judges of the Supreme Court against opposition leaders, what hope does it leave for the common person?” The comment quickly gained traction online, adding Dipke’s voice to a growing chorus criticising the court’s framing of the incident.

Is This a Favour Returned?

The timing has raised eyebrows given the history between the two. Moitra was among the first political heavyweights to publicly back Dipke’s satirical CJP movement in May 2026, praising its rapid rise on social media. With Dipke now stepping up to defend her against a Supreme Court bench’s sharp remarks, many see this as him returning that early support — using his own viral platform to amplify her side of the row just as she once amplified his.

Whether or not it was a deliberate callback, Dipke’s intervention underscores how CJP has evolved from an internet joke into a platform that opposition figures now lean on to push back against institutional criticism — with Dipke and Moitra’s mutual backing becoming a recurring theme in India’s shifting political-satire landscape.