New Delhi (India) June 7: School children, college students and parents joined hands to demonstrate at the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi for a protest organised by the supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). The participants voiced concern over the state of the education system which had compelled them to take part in the demonstration.

CJP Gives Government Seven-Day Deadline

The CJP has called for government action against recent exam failures within seven days. If no such action is initiated, the youth-led party has threatened a countrywide agitation.

“This is the beginning of a movement. If no action is taken within seven days, this movement will spread across the country. We remain committed to a peaceful, democratic struggle and to building a pro-youth, pro-education, pro-Constitution, and pro-India movement that raises the voices of students and young people across the nation,” the CJP said

Abhijeet Dipke Criticises Centre's Response

Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of Cockroach Janata Party, accused the Centre of focusing on social media activities of the party instead of addressing their demands which included resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in view of the recent controversies over examinations.

"My friends, this is a long struggle. It has been a month since we started demanding Pradhan's resignation on social media, but these individuals are so shameless that instead of taking action, they have been focused on other distractions, like hacking our accounts and getting our posts deleted. You may be able to delete our posts, but you cannot erase us from this space," he said

Delhi Police Detain Six to Prevent Clash

Delhi police detained six people to avoid potential clash between two groups at the demonstration organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), authorities said. The students were detained in a bid to avoid possible confrontation between supporters and opposers of the online protest. They have made preventive detentions to maintain law and order in view of a possibility of conflict.

Arvind Kejriwal Backs CJP Demonstration

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Arvind Kejriwal came out in support of the protest and said the demonstrations by the Cockroach Janta Party show the rage and anger of the youth of the country. 

In a post on X, he said to the Modi government to listen to the issues of the protesters rather than call them anti-national. He should remove Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the cabinet immediately.