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Yesterday was a trailer… will hold protests across country if Dharmendra Pradhan doesn’t quit: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke

Dipke, who reiterated a seven-day “ultimatum” for the removal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in national examinations earlier in the day, said the CJP would “expand” the movement through protests across India if the minister did not resign by next Saturday.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke led a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday, (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke led a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Written by: Jatin Anand
3 min readNew DelhiJun 8, 2026 01:35 AM IST First published on: Jun 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM IST

A DAY after online satirical platform Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) staged its first major ground demonstration in Delhi, the youth pressure group’s founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday announced that it would mobilise support across the country before returning to the Capital for its “next big protest”.

Dipke, who reiterated a seven-day “ultimatum” for the removal of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in national examinations earlier in the day, said the CJP would “expand” the movement through protests across India if the minister did not resign by next Saturday.

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“I just want to say that yesterday was a trailer; over the coming days, we will expand this through protests across different locations in the country… Dharmendra Pradhan ji, there is still time, resign; you have spoilt the future, lives of more than 1 crore students,” Dipke, who left Delhi for his residence in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar after Saturday’s protest, said on Instagram live Sunday evening.

Jatin Anand is an Assistant Editor with the national political bureau of The Indian Express. With ov... Read More

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