NEW DELHI – They were just six words posted on X in a moment of frustration:

“What if all cockroaches come together?” Now, its 30-year-old author, Abhijeet Dipke, is the face of what is arguably India’s biggest street protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government since he took office in 2014.

The political communications strategist’s post, sent on May 16, was initially a witty response to comments by Supreme Court Judge Surya Kant, likening India’s unemployed youth in a speech to “cockroaches.”