Will return to India, hold protest demanding Pradhan's resignation over NEET: CJP founder

The founder of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, on Monday (June 1), announced that he will return to India on June 6 to hold a peaceful protest in the national capital demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra over the NEET paper leak issue. This will be his first visit to India since he launched the CJP, a satirical outfit that has become an online sensation in the country.

Call for Education Minister’s resignation

“Hello everyone, I have decided to come back to India. Yes, I am coming back to my country, my home, India, to ask for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. You have been seeing for so many days that we are raising our voice on social media that because of the paper leak, the children of NEET who committed suicide and the hard work of lakhs of students that has been wasted, for that, Dharmendra Pradhan should resign,” stated Dipke in a video message posted on X.

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"The time has come for all of us to come together, following the path of the Constitution of India, and peacefully raise our voices to demand Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. If we raise our voices together, they will definitely have to listen to us,” he added as quoted by the Hindustan Times.

Questions over exam administration

Elaborating further, Dipke referred to the controversies surrounding NEET, CBSE, CUET and SSCGDm, alleging that such administrative lapses have adversely affected the lives of lakhs of students and accountability must be fixed for it.

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He said that if the Union Education Minister does not step down even after such a major issue, then it would mean that the system can make as many mistakes as it wants without facing any consequences.

“Even after such a big blunder, if the Education Minister doesn't resign, it means that there is no accountability left in this country. It seems that the system can make as many mistakes as it wants and there are no consequences for that. All the consequences are for the students,” he said.

Delhi protest plan announced

“I have decided that I will come to Delhi on 6th June, Saturday morning. All of you meet me at the airport. All of us will go to the Parliament Street Police Station and ask for permission to do a peaceful protest on Jantar Mantar,” added Dipke.

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Dipke said that his family and friends were apprehensive that he would get arrested after landing in Delhi, adding that he was hopeful of getting permission to stage a protest in a democracy.

Faith in democratic protest

“My friends and family are afraid that they will be arrested and sent to jail. But I still hope that our country is a democracy and we will get permission to protest peacefully. I want to make it clear, I am a big admirer of Gandhi, Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh and Nehru and I believe in the constitution of India more than anything else which gives us the right to raise our voice in a democracy,” said Dipke.