CJP joins student protest at Eco Garden in lucknow over irregularities in exams

Voices echoed through Eco Garden as hundreds of students and government job aspirants assembled to protest alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

The crowd included candidates preparing for teaching, medical, revenue, administrative and other government recruitment examinations, many of whom had travelled long distances seeing messages on social media (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

Among several demands, protesters called for greater transparency in examination processes and sought the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

As the demonstration grew, it was joined by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

Apart from the CJP protest, a parallel protest was underway by students protesting against two competitive exams held in Uttar Pradesh in the last two months (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

A similar protest over these demands was held in Prayagraj on May 29, where students warned that they would march in Lucknow on June 12 if authorities failed to respond (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

It was also alleged that three coaching institutes, whose owners participated in the march, had their centres sealed (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

The father of the Class X student, who also joined the protest said, “We have come here for our youth, along with our children.” He said they have been following the CJP Instagram page, “so we felt a moral obligation that we should also stand with them” (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)

The CJP plans to hold further demonstrations in Amritsar and Bengaluru before returning to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for a larger protest on June 20 (Source: Photo by Vishal Srivastava)