Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Jattvibeday said his agitation against alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests would continue until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, as he announced plans to expand the movement across the country.A day after holding a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Dipke claimed the agitation had drawn thousands of participants and marked the beginning of a larger nationwide campaign around issues of examinations, recruitment, unemployment and accountability.“We won’t step back till Dharmendra Pradhan resigns,” Dipke told reporters after returning to his residence in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, where he was welcomed by family members and supporters.Claiming the protest received a strong response on Saturday, Dipke said around 6,000 to 7,000 people attended the demonstration. “The protest we staged at Jantar Mantar was successful…. This agitation will go nationwide,” he said.Originally launched as a satirical response to remarks made by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, the CJP has gradually shifted focus towards alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment processes, while also raising concerns over unemployment and opportunities for young people.Dipke said the organisation would soon announce its next course of action to expand the campaign beyond Delhi. “We will roll out a further action plan to take this agitation nationwide,” he added.Meanwhile, a parliamentary panel has asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to define what constitutes a “paper leak” in its definition and whether any paper leaks have occurred in exams it has conducted since 2018, sources said.The panel’s questionnaire follows NTA officials’ appearance before it last week, where they contended that there was no paper leak from their system, claiming that some questions from a guess paper were in circulation.The Parliamentary Committee for Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, headed by Congress member Digvijaya Singh, is investigating the NEET paper leak issue and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on-screen marking system (OSM) row, having summoned top government officials, including those from the NTA and CBSE.The committee has sought written answers from the CBSE and the NTA on the issues of OSM system and the NEET exam, respectively.


