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Cockroach Janta Party laminitis Abhijeet Dipke, on with supporters, continued the sit-in protestation astatine Jantar Mantar overnight, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the NEET insubstantial leak controversy, and urged radical to articulation the objection connected Sunday.
The protestation entered its 2nd time connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) arsenic Mr. Dipke appealed to radical to scope Jantar Mantar, portion asking NEET aspirants to articulation the agitation aft completing their re-examination.
"We are holding the fort but without your enactment this question won't beryllium successful," Mr. Dipke said.
The objection has continued adjacent aft Delhi Police said the support granted for the gathering ended astatine 5 p.m. connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) and asked the protesters to vacate the site.
Mr. Dipke asked constabulary to delegate a antithetic tract for the protest, but until then, they would proceed their sit-in astatine Jantar Mantar.
In a bid of posts connected X, Mr. Dipke appealed to constabulary not to halt radical from coming to Jantar Mantar, saying the protesters were not doing thing incorrect and were lone seeking justness for students who died by suicide.
He besides requested authorities to reconstruct h2o proviso to nationalist restrooms astatine the protestation site, claiming that determination had been nary h2o proviso since Saturday nighttime (June 20, 202^). The protesters had earlier alleged that lights astatine the tract were switched disconnected and entree to water, nutrient and washrooms was restricted.
They aboriginal said drinking h2o entree was restored, and lights were switched backmost on.
The Delhi Police had connected Saturday nighttime (June 20) directed Mr. Dipke and the protesters to vacate the venue, saying the objection had support lone from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The constabulary said continuation beyond the permitted hours was a usurpation of the conditions of support and warned of ineligible action.
As the nighttime progressed, Mr. Dipke and the protesters remained astatine the site, turning the objection into an overnight sit-in. The protesters continued raising slogans demanding Mr. Pradhan's resignation, and the protestation tract saw a dependable beingness of supporters done the night, with Mr. Dipke continuing to code the gathering and urging much radical to articulation the demonstration.
Several protesters carried placards and raised slogans, and the ambiance remained charged astatine Jantar Mantar.
Mr. Dipke said the protestation would proceed peacefully and reiterated his entreaty for dialog with the Centre, saying the transmission for talks remained unfastened if accountability was fixed and the acquisition curate resigned.
The protestation began connected Saturday day (June 20) nether dense constabulary deployment, CCTV surveillance, barricades and beingness of information unit wearing assemblage cameras.
Hundreds of supporters, mostly youth, gathered astatine Jantar Mantar aft Mr. Dipke's telephone to bring "thali and chammach" and banged plates and spoons portion raising slogans demanding Pradhan's resignation.
Mr. Dipke has demanded a compensation of ₹1 crore for the families of students who died by termination pursuing the insubstantial leak and cancellation of the entranceway examination. "If determination are arrests, I volition beryllium the archetypal to tribunal arrest," helium had told protesters.
Climate activistic Sonam Wangchuk, who joined the protest, had announced that helium would spell connected a hunger onslaught connected June 27 if Mr. Pradhan did not measurement down.
This was the 2nd protestation organised by CJP astatine Jantar Mantar implicit alleged repeated insubstantial leaks and demands for accountability from the government.
