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Cockroach Janta Party–led protests following an exam leak conclude with the resignation of India's minister of education Dharmendra Pradhan. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spoking News. I'm a computer cock wrote Janta
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  Party led protests following an exam leak conclude with the
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  resignation of India's Minister of Education Darmager Pradan. The twenty
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  twenty six Deli Jantar Mantar protests, also referred to as
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  the Indian gen Z Protests and the Cockroach Protests, where
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  a series of demonstrations initiated on the sixth of June
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  twenty twenty six by the cockroa Junta Party, an Indian
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  youth based satirical political movement, along with left wing student
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  organizations including the All India Students Federation, All India Students
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  Association and Students Federation of India. Held primarily at Jantar
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  Mantar in New Delhi, the protesters have demanded the resignation
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  of Union Education Minister Tarmendra Pradhan over the twenty twenty
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  six NEAT paper leak and the CBS onscreen marking irregularities,
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  along with broader reforms in the conduct of public examinations.
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  The agitation drew national attention after activists Sonom Wangchuk began
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  an indefinite hunger strike at the protest site on the
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  twenty eighth of June. The initial so media movement, known
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  as the Cokro Janta Party, was created in May twenty
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  twenty six by digital communication strategist Abaj Dipke as a
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  political satire. The name alludes to a statement by Suriya Kant,
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  the Chief Justice of India, who compared unemployed youth and
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  social media activists to cockroaches and parasites. Having gained widespread
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  online popularity, the movement transitioned into offline demonstrations, which were
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  initially permitted by the Delhi police. On the twenty eighth
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  of June twenty twenty six, Ladaki environmentalist and education activist
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  Sona wang Chuk joined the demonstration at Jantar Mantar. He
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  started an indefinite hunger strike and demanded the resignation of
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  Dharmendra Pradan. In mid July twenty twenty six, following a
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  leadership change in the Delhi police, police removed barricades at
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  the protest site and transferred Wangchuk to a hospital, a
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  move organizers claimed was done forcefully against his will. This action,
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  along with an incident where a woman who chanted pro
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  Hindutfa slogans assaulted Dipkay by three, growing ink at him
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  drew increased media attention to the agitation. On the twentieth
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  of July, thousands of protesters, comprising primarily students and jin
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  Z congregants, gathered near Jantar Mantar, defying orders from the
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  Delhi police to disperse. Clashes ensued, with police using baton
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  charges and tear gas against protesters in an attempt to
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  prevent them from reaching the Parliament, where the monsoon session
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  was underway. International media outlets, including France twenty four and
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  CNN described the protests as the biggest demonstrations against the
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  country's government in several years, while the Deli Police stated
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  their actions were necessary to maintain public order. Following the
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  police response, CGP leaders announced the movement would not organize
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  further street marches in the capitol, though the sittin at
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  Jentarmntar and the campaign for Pridhan's resignation would continue. Following
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  the crackdown, the Deli Police dismantled the protesters tents at
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  the designated site, though demonstrators quickly began and rebuilding their
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  camps amidst rain and rubble. On the twenty third of
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  July twenty twenty six, Wangchuk ended his fast after the
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  government assured him that no legal action would be taken
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  against protesters rallying at Jantar Mantar site, a discussion would
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  be held on preventing paper leaks in future, and compensation
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  would be given to students who committed suicide. Pradan resigned
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  on the twenty fifth of July twenty twenty six. The
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  protests were called off later in the day after the
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  government agreed to c JP's demands. The cockroa Jentha Party,
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  also known as the Cockroach Movement, as an Indian youth
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  based satirical political movement founded on the sixteenth of May
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  twenty twenty six by Abijit Dipke, a political communication strategist
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  and activist. A large scale paper leak and multiple irregularities
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  occurred in the National Eligibility Entrance Test twenty twenty six
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  examination conducted by India's National Testing Agency. The exam, held
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  on the third of May twenty twenty six for over
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  two point two seven million aspirants seeking admission to undergraduate
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  medical and dental courses, was canceled on the twelfth of
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  May twenty twenty six following investigations that revealed significant overlaps
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  between a pre circulated guest paper and the actual question paper,
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  leading to the arrest of several people, including insiders from
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  the NTA. The leak triggered protests across the country, political criticism,
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  and petitions in the Supreme Court of India. The controversy
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  was similar to earlier exam related scandals, especially the twenty
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  twenty four NEAT controversy. On the twenty fifth of July
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  twenty twenty six, Education Minister Darmendra Pradhan resigned from his post.
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  That's it for now. See the episode notes for Wikipedia
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  sources and licensing. Thank you