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Hundreds of protesters turned out at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, some travelling overnight from states as far as Madhya Pradesh to attend. Delhi Police confirmed they had allowed the demonstration to proceed as a deliberate decision to ease youth anxiety over exam irregularities, with officers granting Dipke formal protest permission at the airport itself moments after his arrival, bypassing a separate application his legal team had prepared. At a post-rally press conference, CJP spokespersons issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government, warning that if Education Minister Pradhan neither resigns nor is dismissed by Prime Minister Modi within that window, the movement will expand to states across the country. The party, which has drawn over 22 million Instagram followers — double the following of Modi's BJP — said supporters in multiple states have already signalled readiness to hold their own peaceful demonstrations.
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At a press conference on June 4, CJP leaders seized on a reported data breach affecting JEE (Advanced) 2026 candidates, saying a cloud storage configuration error in the results portal had exposed the names, phone numbers, and images of nearly two lakh students. The party cited the incident as further evidence of incompetence in managing both the education system and digital infrastructure, renewing their call for Prime Minister Modi to immediately dismiss Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Newly appointed CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, an IIT Kanpur and London School of Economics alumnus, said the breach reflected a dangerously poor standard of cybersecurity safeguards. The press conference came a day after the group held its first media interaction at the Constitution Club of India, where it signalled openness to dialogue with both the government and the opposition.
The founder of India's viral Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to lead the country's largest online youth movement in its first major street protest, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over a deepening crisis in the education system. Dozens of police officers gathered at Jantar Mantar — a historic public space in central New Delhi long associated with civil demonstrations — barricading surrounding roads as protesters gathered and chanted slogans. Security was intensified across the capital, with additional personnel deployed at the international airport, border entry points, and key intersections ahead of the rally.
Abhijeet Dipke, 30, a political communications student at Boston University who has lived in the United States for the past two years, returned to India amid concerns from family and friends that he could be arrested on arrival. After landing, he went directly to a police station to secure permission for the protest before joining supporters at Jantar Mantar. The movement traces its origins to a remark made in May by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, who referred to certain individuals — including some unemployed young people — as
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