New Delhi, June 3: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Wednesday said it was ready for a dialogue with both the government and the Opposition over its demands, even as it prepared for a protest in the national capital later this week demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET and CBSE fiasco.
Addressing the party’s first press conference at the Constitution Club of India here, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das, an independent journalist, dismissed the government’s transfer of CBSE chairperson Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta on Tuesday as an “eyewash”.
The party appealed to young people from across the country to participate in the proposed protest.
“We have given an open call. Anybody can join us without a party banner. We are ready to have a dialogue with everybody, be it those in power or the Opposition,” Das said, referring to CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s call for a protest on June 6.
“We are demanding accountability in the system. We have been demanding the resignation of the education minister, but no action has been taken against him till date. The transfers are being projected as action. It’s not. There’s a rot in the system,” Das added.
On May 22, the Delhi High Court issued Das a notice alongside AAP leader Gopal Rai on a plea seeking contempt proceedings against them over an alleged “orchestrated social media campaign” against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who recently withdrew from hearing the Delhi excise case.
Das said upon landing in Delhi at 8 AM on June 6, Dipke, who is pursuing higher education in the US, will head to Delhi’s Parliament Street Police Station to seek permission for the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar.
Dipke, who served as a core member of AAP’s social media team in the past, has announced that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk will also join him at the protest. (PTI)
