Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke speaks to the media upon his arrival, in Mumbai.
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday (June 7, 2026) asserted that his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
Speaking to reporters in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mr. Dipke also claimed that the protest organised under the CJP’s banner at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday (June 6, 2026) was largely successful, with around 7,000 people participating in it. The movement would now expand nationwide, he added.
Cockroach Janta Party protest updates
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.
Mr. Dipke reached his residence in the MIDC Waluj area in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district on Sunday (June 7, 2026) morning and was welcomed by his family members.
Later, speaking to reporters, he said the agitation undertaken by the Cockroach Janata Party will not stop until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
“The protest we staged (at Jantar Mantar) was successful, as 6,000 to 7,000 people attended it. This agitation will go nationwide. We won’t step back till Dharmendra Pradhan resigns,” Mr. Dipke asserted.
“We will roll out a further action plan to take this agitation nationwide,” he added.
Meanwhile, security at Mr. Dipke’s residence was beefed up.
“We have increased the security at his residence from today. Earlier, 11 security personnel were deployed, now the number has reached 15. The deployed staff is from the local police station as well as the city police headquarters,” an official from MIDC Waluj police station said.
On Saturday (June 6, 2026), hundreds of protesters gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar under the banner of the CJP, demanding Pradhan’s resignation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests, with Dipke delivering the message not to be “scared”.
At a press conference later in New Delhi, CJP spokespersons announced that they will wait for a week either for the Centre to sack Mr. Pradhan or his voluntary resignation, after which they would launch a countrywide protest.
Mr. Dipke, who called for the protest, arrived in Delhi from the United States on Saturday (June 6, 2026) morning, walking out of the airport carrying a copy of B.R. Ambedkar’s autobiography. After receiving permission from the Delhi Police, he reached Jantar Mantar.
Protesters, armed with posters demanding Mr. Pradhan’s resignation, were seen wearing cockroach masks, which were being distributed at the venue. Besides demanding the Education Minister’s resignation, the protesters also raised slogans demanding that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stop indulging in “Hindu-Muslim” politics, and hailed the motherland with “Bharat Mata ki Jai” slogans.
Birthed as an online campaign in May, the CJP, which garnered over 22 million followers on Instagram, had exhorted youths to take part in the protest in New Delhi over the issue of alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests, in an apparent show of strength.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, CPI’s Annie Raja and activists from Left student and youth organisations also participated in the protest.
Published – June 07, 2026 12:51 pm IST
