Quick answer: The Tribune reports that content creator Ranting Gola, real name Shamita Yadav, criticised the Cockroach Janta Party and asked who the “real opposition” actually is. In a viral Instagram reel, she contrasted online petitions and resignation demands with people protesting on the ground, getting lathi-charged, and fighting for their rights. For CJP, this criticism is important because it asks the movement’s hardest question: can online anger become real-world action?
Every digital movement eventually faces this test.
Is it only a trend?
Or can it reach the street?
What The Tribune reported
The Tribune reported that a reel by content creator Ranting Gola, whose real name is Shamita Yadav, went viral after she questioned who the “real opposition” really is.
According to the report, she sat under a tree in scorching heat and said that while some people are busy signing petitions and demanding resignations online, others are actually on the ground protesting, getting lathi-charged, and fighting for their rights.
Her strongest line was simple:
“People are asking why the opposition isn’t doing anything. The opposition is on foot.”
The reel’s caption asked: “Who according to you is the real opposition? Online drama queens or actual student leaders?”
Why this criticism matters
This is not just a random influencer reaction. It is one of the central criticisms of CJP and every internet-born political movement.
Online support is easy.
Signing a petition is easy.
Posting a badge is easy.
Changing your display picture is easy.
But standing in heat, facing police, organising students, marching on roads, and risking consequences is different.
That is the challenge Ranting Gola is raising.
The uncomfortable truth
CJP should not dismiss this criticism.
There is truth in it.
A movement cannot survive only on reels, badges, petitions, memes and captions. If CJP wants to be more than a viral youth identity, it must build ground presence, local chapters, issue campaigns, legal support, student networks, and peaceful civic action.
The cockroach cannot only crawl through timelines.
At some point, it must be visible on the road.
But online activism is not useless
At the same time, the old argument that online politics is not real politics is also incomplete.
Digital spaces are where young people now discover issues, build language, coordinate action, expose hypocrisy, document police action, share petitions, raise funds, and challenge mainstream narratives.
For many young Indians, the feed is the first public square.
CJP did not become visible because it had district offices. It became visible because the internet gave insulted young people a shared identity within hours.
That matters.
The real question is not online vs street
The real question is not whether opposition should be online or on the street.
The answer is both.
Online energy gives language, reach and speed. Street action gives seriousness, risk and pressure. One without the other is incomplete.
Only online becomes performative.
Only offline can become invisible if nobody documents it.
The movement needs both the person holding the placard and the person making sure the placard is seen.
What people said in response
The Tribune reported that the reel triggered a flood of reactions online.
One user asked people to give CJP time, saying it was too early to demand too many actions from the movement and that it would require collective effort.
Another user said that signing petitions and unfollowing political parties can work only to an extent, but real impact happens when people come onto the streets.
That debate is healthy.
It shows that young people are not blindly worshipping CJP. They are asking what it will become next.
CJP’s answer should be maturity, not defensiveness
CJP’s response should not be to attack Ranting Gola.
Her criticism is useful.
If the movement is serious, it should be able to hear this: memes are not enough, petitions are not enough, hashtags are not enough, badges are not enough.
They are the beginning.
They are not the destination.
What CJP must build next
If CJP wants to answer the “online drama queen” criticism, it needs clear next steps:
- verified state chapters,
- peaceful protest guidelines,
- student issue trackers,
- local education and recruitment campaigns,
- legal support for digital rights,
- regional-language membership systems,
- and transparent leadership structures.
That is how online anger becomes organised pressure.
CJP has already started crossing the line
The criticism is important, but CJP is not purely online anymore.
There have already been reports of CJP-inspired street activity: Rohtak youth marched with “Main Bhi Cockroach” banners; Tamil Nadu protests used CJP imagery; Bengaluru saw a planned human-chain controversy; state-level pages and badges are emerging.
So the question is not whether CJP can ever leave the internet.
The question is whether it can do so responsibly, consistently and independently.
Real opposition is not one form
Real opposition can be the student leader on the street.
It can also be the meme page explaining the issue to lakhs of people.
It can be the lawyer filing a petition.
It can be the journalist documenting the block.
It can be the fact-checker debunking fake claims.
It can be the young voter filling a membership form because they finally found language for their anger.
The street matters. But the street and the screen are not enemies.
CJP’s reply
CJP’s reply should be simple:
You are right to demand ground action.
You are wrong if you think online anger is fake.
The colony needs both.
The cockroach began on the feed because that is where young people were. Now it must grow legs on the ground because that is where pressure lives.
Source
This article is based on The Tribune’s report titled “‘Ranting Gola’ takes a hit at Cockroach Janta Party, says real opposition is on the streets fighting”, published by Tribune Web Desk and updated on 27 May 2026. The Tribune reports that Ranting Gola, real name Shamita Yadav, criticised “online drama queens,” said the real opposition is on foot, and triggered debate around performative activism versus on-ground protest politics.
The cockroach record
Ranting Gola asked the right question.
Who is the real opposition?
The answer cannot be only the person online.
But it also cannot ignore the person online.
The new opposition is a chain: the student on the street, the creator with the camera, the meme page with the caption, the lawyer in court, the protester with the banner, the voter with the badge.
CJP began as a digital cockroach.
Now it must prove it can survive in the heat.
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