CJP plans state visits after Jantar Mantar protest

CJP looks beyond Delhi

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is planning visits to states where students face long-standing education problems, according to spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka. The plans follow the group’s 36-day protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the NEET-UG paper leak, which The Indian Express reported ended with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as education minister.

Ranka said the group could hold protests in those states if needed. He said CJP had no current plan to become a political party.

The group also announced a Rs 1 crore corpus for a legal-aid network for protesters and launched SAAKSHI, an online platform for collecting evidence related to violence during the July 20 Sansad Chalo march.

What we can verify

• The Indian Express published the state-visit plan on July 28, citing Ranka.
• CJP announced a legal-aid corpus and the SAAKSHI evidence platform at a Delhi press conference, according to the report.
• The report identified Abhijeet Dipke as founder and Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ratna Singh as members of the group’s core leadership.

What remains unverified

The report did not provide a state-by-state itinerary, dates for visits or an independent assessment of the proposed Rs 1 crore corpus. Those details remain [unverified].