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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) laminitis Abhijeet Dipke connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) asserted that his agitation implicit alleged irregularities successful examinations and recruitment tests volition not halt until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
Speaking to reporters successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mr. Dipke besides claimed that the protestation organised nether the CJP's banner astatine Jantar Mantar successful New Delhi connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) was mostly successful, with astir 7,000 radical participating successful it. The question would present grow nationwide, helium added.
Cockroach Janta Party protestation updates
The CJP, a youth-led online question that has been demanding accountability for alleged irregularities successful examinations and recruitment tests, including NEET, CBSE, CUET, and SSC examinations.
Mr. Dipke reached his residence successful the MIDC Waluj country successful Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar territory connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) greeting and was welcomed by his household members.
Later, speaking to reporters, helium said the agitation undertaken by the Cockroach Janata Party volition not halt until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
“The protestation we staged (at Jantar Mantar) was successful, arsenic 6,000 to 7,000 radical attended it. This agitation volition spell nationwide. We won't measurement backmost till Dharmendra Pradhan resigns,” Mr. Dipke asserted.
“We volition rotation retired a further enactment program to instrumentality this agitation nationwide,” helium added.
Meanwhile, information astatine Mr. Dipke's residence was beefed up.
“We person accrued the information astatine his residence from today. Earlier, 11 information unit were deployed, present the fig has reached 15. The deployed unit is from the section constabulary presumption arsenic good arsenic the metropolis constabulary headquarters,” an authoritative from MIDC Waluj constabulary presumption said.
On Saturday (June 6, 2026), hundreds of protesters gathered astatine Delhi's Jantar Mantar nether the banner of the CJP, demanding Pradhan's resignation implicit alleged irregularities successful examinations and recruitment tests, with Dipke delivering the connection not to beryllium "scared".
At a property league aboriginal successful New Delhi, CJP spokespersons announced that they volition hold for a week either for the Centre to sack Mr. Pradhan oregon his voluntary resignation, aft which they would motorboat a countrywide protest.
Mr. Dipke, who called for the protest, arrived successful Delhi from the United States connected Saturday (June 6, 2026) morning, walking retired of the airdrome carrying a transcript of B.R. Ambedkar's autobiography. After receiving support from the Delhi Police, helium reached Jantar Mantar.
Protesters, equipped with posters demanding Mr. Pradhan's resignation, were seen wearing cockroach masks, which were being distributed astatine the venue. Besides demanding the Education Minister's resignation, the protesters besides raised slogans demanding that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) halt indulging successful “Hindu-Muslim” politics, and hailed the motherland with “Bharat Mata ki Jai” slogans.
Birthed arsenic an online run successful May, the CJP, which garnered implicit 22 cardinal followers connected Instagram, had exhorted youths to instrumentality portion successful the protestation successful New Delhi implicit the contented of alleged irregularities successful examinations and recruitment tests, successful an evident amusement of strength.
Climate activistic Sonam Wangchuk, CPI(ML) Liberation wide caput Dipankar Bhattacharya, CPI's Annie Raja and activists from Left pupil and younker organisations besides participated successful the protest.
