Cockroach Janta Party to agitate in Pune, release manifesto recommending educational reforms

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Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke addresses a press conference ahead of a protest, in Pune, on June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday (June 11, 2026) will hold a protest at the Ambedkar Statue in Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) in Maharashtra. The group will also release a manifesto recommending reforms for the conduct of government examinations across the country.

“If they are not ready for a simple resignation and to admit the mistake, then how can we expect them to fix the education system? It starts with admitting a mistake,” said CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, adding that he will be campaigning across the country, appealing to the youth on the issues of education.

Mr. Dipke and CJP supporters plan to travel across the country with the intention of first building credibility by addressing one issue at a time.

“It has been just 15 days, give us time to decide on the course of action. If you have given 12 years of time to people power, give us at least 12 weeks,” he added.

The CJP will be protesting at SPPU around 4 p.m. on Thursday (June 11, 2026), demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak and CBSE evaluation issues. Activist Sonam Wangchuk and several professors from Pune have extended their support to the CJP to agitate at SPPU.

Calling the movement “accidental”, Mr. Dipke said, “On the day I tweeted on CJP, and it [blew] out of proportion, I was applying for a job. I was happy there, but the response made me think on these lines.”

On the allegation of CJP followers being bots, Mr. Dipke said, “It was a BJP Minister, Kiran Rijiju, who tweeted that half of the followers are Pakistani. I shared the screenshot of the followers’ details, which shows 94.5% are from India,” he said.

“Why are you calling them Pakistani? CBSE students are Pakistani, journalists who question the government are Pakistani, I am a national threat, then who is Indian? Only [th