New Actor: Cockroach Janta Party launches Jantar Mantar protest
Hundreds of mostly young supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for the group’s first street protest, demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over recent exam irregularities. Many wore cockroach masks and carried placards about leaked tests, while organisers asked people to bring the national flag and a book and to keep the demonstration peaceful.
Founder Abhijeet Dipke landed from the United States that morning and joined the protest. Police had set steel barricades at the airport, met him there, granted permission for the rally, and he told supporters to head to Jantar Mantar.
Crowds began arriving by 10 a.m. and grew by midday to hundreds of students, parents, teachers and young professionals. The group set a 5 p.m. deadline for Pradhan to step down, pressing the demand despite a government-ordered re-exam after the medical entrance paper leak and transfers of CBSE officials amid complaints about errors in a new on-screen marking system.
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