Union Govt urges CJP to end sit-in, help restore peace

Centre on Monday requested the CJP protesters to end their sit-in and assist the administration in restoring normalcy. In a statement, Union Minister JP Nadda said discussions with the protesters took place after they proposed talks with the government earlier in the day.

A delegation of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) met on Monday as protesters demanded accountability from the Government over the NEET-UG paper leak case. According to CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, the meeting with Nadda happened, where a demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak was raised.

Nadda said the meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere. “An initial verbal discussion was held in detail with their delegation, and they submitted a written petition to me around 4 PM,” said the Health Minister. Sources in the Government said Nadda assured the two-member CJP delegation that the Government leadership will hold internal discussions on their demands and get back to them, after thousands of protesters tried to march to Parliament but were prevented by police.

CJP blamed the Union education minister as “directly responsible for multiple paper leaks, including NEET 2026, and other exam fiascos, most recently being CBSE 12th portal chaos and CUET exam delay.” The group's spokesperson, Saurav Das, in a social media post, said that he and another spokesperson, Ashutosh Ranka, met Nadda at his house for 10 minutes and gave a letter of demands.

“While we submit a written letter with our demands, he has assured us that he will meanwhile speak internally. We are in that process...” Das said. “The minister assured us he will discuss this at the appropriate level. However, no commitments have been made so far. The peaceful protesters will not rest until the demand is met.”

He also shared a copy of the letter on social media.  “There has been no systemic corrections or action taken by Pradhan, indicating his gross incompetency as the education minister,” the CJP said in the letter.

The CJP has been spearheading protests over alleged examination irregularities since June.