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India's Cockroach party protests enter second week as activist joins hunger strike over exam scandal

Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 06:18 · 1 min read

India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth movement that gained 22 million Instagram followers within weeks of its founding, is approaching two weeks of sit-in protests at Jantar Mantar in central New Delhi, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance exam. The leak forced the cancellation of the examination — taken by 2.3 million students — and prompted the government to re-run the test under heavy security measures. Prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested last year over protests seeking statehood for the Himalayan territory of Ladakh, has joined the demonstrations and begun a hunger strike he says will last six weeks, while CJP leaders say they are watching for an expected cabinet reshuffle that may see Pradhan removed from his portfolio before deciding their next move.

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