Crowd Gathers For Cockroach Janta Party Protest at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Amid heavy security arrangements, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) started its peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday. The crowd started to pour in at the ground. The Saturday protest has been organised by the CJP, a youth-led online movement that has been demanding accountability for alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests, including NEET, CBSE, CUET, and SSC examinations. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, who arrived in Delhi on Saturday, and other supporters in the national capital received permission from the Delhi Police to protest at Jantar Mantar.

Dipke, who recently returned from the United States to participate in the mobilisation, described the campaign as a peaceful constitutional movement. “The police officials met him at the airport, and the Cockroach Janta Party now asks protesters to arrive directly at Jantar Mantar, not to the Parliament Street Police Station,” the CJP said in a statement. Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has also expressed support for the protest, stated that he would undertake a six-week fast if Dipke were arrested.

Earlier, Dipke had called on supporters and students to join his June 6 protest, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination-related lapses. The digital outfit that was originally launched as a satirical response to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s remarks, referring to certain individuals as “cockroaches” and “parasites” during a court hearing last month, has since taken the shape of an organised campaign, with over 22 million followers on Instagram, higher than any other political party in the country.