The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a mock political movement that has rapidly gained traction on social media, launched a nationwide protest campaign on Thursday, drawing hundreds of students and supporters to Savitribai Phule Pune University and escalating its demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and paper leaks.
The Pune rally marked the movement's second major public demonstration after its first street protest in New Delhi last week. Organisers described the gathering as the beginning of a broader national mobilisation that will expand to multiple cities before culminating in a planned protest in the national capital later this month.
