New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party has announced that its spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav will meet Union Minister JP Nadda at 12:30 pm on Friday, July 24, with the Constitutional Club of India chosen as a neutral venue.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, while addressing the crowd of protesters at Jantar Mantar, said he has informed Das and Ashutosh that nothing less than Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation will be accepted.
Cockroach Janta Party’s resolve remains firm as they demand Pradhan’s resignation and accountability for the NEET paper leaks.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a video on social media at midnight, the CJP became even more emboldened, with its national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka saying the PM’s actions only prove that the government is now scared of the growing movement.
Meanwhile, protests were held across India in various cities, following Cockroach Janta Party’s nationwide call for peaceful demonstrations.
Live updates from CJP protests:
Abhijeet Dipke heads back to Jantar Mantar after ‘night of IVs, injections, blood tests’
12:03 pm: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said he is heading back to Jantar Mantar after “a night full of IVs, injections, and blood tests.”
He had previously fallen sick due to food poisoning and said he is still feeling weak physically due to fever. “But the fight is on,” Dipke wrote on X.
“Our peaceful protest at Jantar mantar will continue until Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.”
Jantar Mantar a protest site, not open-air prison: Delhi Police’s surveillance vans raise concerns
11:47 am: Delhi Police allegedly set up facial recognition vans to identify protesters at Jantar Mantar, according to a video shared by Cockroach Janta Party.
The outfit claimed that the authorities stationed the vans to “live-scan peaceful protesters.” The CJP questioned the legality, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling that said privacy is a Fundamental Right. “Mass-scanning citizens exercising their legal right to protest is unconstitutional,” the CJP said.
Very proud that Sonam ji got two of our demands approved: CJP
11:38 am: CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka expressed his gratitude to climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk for securing the government’s approval of two of the organisation’s conditional demands. He said that CJP had been relentlessly appealing to the activist to end his hunger strike.
He clarified that written details about the agreement are yet to come and their agitation will continue until Pradhan resigns. “The resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan is the starting point of this hunger strike. We will not back down until Dharmendra Pradhan resigns,” Ranka said.
Left-affiliated students unions organise bandh in Telangana
11:35 am: Educational institutions observed bandh on Friday in Telangana following a call by Left-affiliated students unions to protest against the alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET.
AISF state secretary Putta Laxman told PTI that the shutdown, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and tough punishment to the guilty in the NEET-UG paper leak, is being observed successfully.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon as oppn refuses to relent
11:31 pm: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Friday as an unrelenting opposition kept up its protests over the NEET paper leak and demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
HC to hear PIL against internet shutdown around Jantar Mantar
11:03 pm: Delhi High Court on Friday will hear a PIL against internet shutdown around Jantar Mantar protest site.
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