Cockroach Janta Party calls for nationwide protest on Friday over alleged police brutality
- The Cockroach Janta Party issued a nationwide call for peaceful protests on Friday, July 24, urging student unions and organisations to gather across districts in solidarity with victims of police brutality.
- Students demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over accountability for a leaked medical entrance exam in May that impacted over 2 million students and exposed systemic education failures.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed "strict and stringent" punishment for exam leak accused through fast-track courts, though he did not address the massive protests gripping the capital.
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Union Health Minister J P Nadda invited CJP for dialogue, but CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das refused, insisting ministers meet protesters at Jantar Mantar instead.
- Spreading to several cities including Mumbai and Bengaluru, the youth-led demonstrations are increasingly viewed as a significant challenge to Prime Minister Modi's 12-year rule in India.
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The Indian youth movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), better known as the 'Cucarachas' party, called for this Friday a national protest against police brutality, days after authorities repressed a massive march in the capital, New Delhi, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and that left 60 injured and 70 detained.One of the most visible faces of the youth movement protesting for weeks in the streets of New Delh, …
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