Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday withdrew its protest at Jantar Mantar after the government accepted all its demands, including Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
“All our demands have been accepted, so we request the protesters to withdraw immediately and return home peacefully. We will inform you of our future strategy or any other issues. But we request the protesters to withdraw immediately,” CJP National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said during a joint press conference with Union Minister JP Nadda and Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh.
Nadda and Singh shook hands with Cockroach Janta Party’s Chief Spokesperson Saurav Das and its National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka after the announcement.
The official X handle of the outfit also made the formal announcement, saying, “Cockroach Janta Party withdraws its nationwide agitation with immediate effect. All demands of the Cockroach Janta Party have been accepted by the government.”
According to the CJP, the government has agreed to provide the “maximum possible compensation for families of NEET paper leak-related suicide victims.”
All FIRs filed by the Central Government and NDA-ruled states will be withdrawn, and no action will be taken against anyone involved in these protests in the future.
CJP’s 5-point exam reform charter will be considered by the government, and the CJP will meet with the government to discuss these reforms further.
The development comes after a long meeting between the government and the CJP delegation.
Nadda confirms all CJP demands accepted
Union Minister JP Nadda confirmed that the government has accepted the demands of the students.
“We had a long conversation today. They brought a written draft in which they made four points about the ongoing cases related to the agitation. Along with that, we discussed the other two demands: that no retaliatory measures should be taken, compensation should be provided, and their five-point charter should be considered. We will provide them with copies of the FIRs, and no action will be taken. The second thing that has been said is that regarding compensation, the government has clearly stated that we also sympathize. We all have said that there will be compensation according to the rules and regulations, and whatever maximum compensation will be possible will be given to them,” Nadda said.
On the five-point charter given by the CJP for reforms in the examination system, Nadda assured that the government will deeply study it and try to implement its recommendations.
“This five-point charter, which you gave me, is related to reforms in the education examination system. Regarding it, we have to say that we will think deeply about your charter for reforms in the education examination system and, after talking to your delegation, we will try to do whatever we can,” he said.
The minister said that the government has “sympathetically considered all the demands they had made and has also accepted them.”