Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia has filed a defamation case before the Delhi High Court against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and its leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.

Bhatia has sought ₹2 crore in damages and an injunction against the CJP leaders.

He sued the CJP and its leaders after an AI-generated graphic falsely attributed remarks about Swatantra Bhardwaj to Bhatia. Bhardwaj is accused of assault on the father of CJP activist Nishu Azad.

The post stated that Bhatia called Bhardwaj a "dimagi naxal".

Das shared the graphic on X, prompting Bhatia to deny making the remarks and give him 24 hours to delete the post and issue an unconditional apology.

Das, who later deleted the post, clarified on his X account that it was AI-generated, but asked Bhatia whether he “disagreed” with the AI-generated statement.

CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka allegedly amplified the disputed post by reposting the graphic from Das's account, adding a caption mocking BJP leaders.

Ranka had earlier joined Das and other CJP members in demanding action against Bharadwaj over an alleged assault on the father of CJP activist Nishu Azad.