The latest agitation comes days after the US-return Abhishek Dipke organised a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 6 June. The protest will be held at the Ambedkar Statue on the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus at 4 pm.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will hit the streets in Pune today, launching what it calls a nationwide protest to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam-related controversies.
The latest agitation follows the 6 June protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, organized by US-returnee Abhishek Dipke, days after he started the online movement. Today’s protest will be held at the Ambedkar Statue on the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus at 4 pm.
The demand for Pradhan’s resignation comes in the wake of alleged examination irregularities, including the NEET-UG paper leak and issues faced by Class 12 students due to the on-screen marking system.
The CJP has warned of an indefinite sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar from 20 June if Pradhan does not resign. The group said in a statement that protests will be held across several cities, including Pune, Lucknow, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Hyderabad. CJP founder Dipke said in a post on X that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk will join the Pune demonstration today.
Organisers had described the 6 June mobilisation as the beginning of a larger nationwide campaign, with the new announcement outlining the next phase of protests across multiple cities and a proposed indefinite sit-in in the national capital.
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