Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters shout slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 22, 2026 during the ongoing protest to demand the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged exam irregularities.
What began as online outrage over exam scandals has snowballed into protests against India's education system, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office.
The protests are led by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, which has won millions of followers on social media since it was launched in May by 30-year-old public relations graduate Abhijeet Dipke.
The unrest began after the leak of a medical entrance examination paper that forced more than two million candidates to retake the test.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, whom they hold responsible for a series of exam irregularities that have shaken confidence in India's education system.
