Sonam Wangchuk welcomed the government’s decision and congratulated the nation. He called it a victory for democracy and thanked Gen Z and CJP members. Wangchuk urged young people to celebrate peacefully and remain humble in victory.
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke hailed Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as a major victory for students and youth across India. Speaking at Jantar Mantar, Dipke said, “We have done it,” while asserting that the movement would continue until its remaining demands, including compensation for affected families and action against officials involved in the July 20 crackdown, are fulfilled.
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July 21, Safdarjung Hospital, when Sonam Wangchuk was trying to leave the premises to go to Medanta Hospital. Safdarjung Hospital administration and police tried to stop him, even though Delhi High Court allowed him to be shifted to Medanta, Gurugram.
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India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement returned to New Delhi despite a police crackdown, demanding that PM Narendra Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign over exam paper leaks.
Journalist Neha Poonia reports.
For days the streets and parks in the center of India's capital have been seething with the biggest demonstrations it has seen in years as young protesters demand change to a national exam system they say cheats millions of them out of a fair chance.
It was organized by the 'Cockroach Janta Party,' a youth-led movement that began as a joke but has since grown into a political force articulating the frustrations of millions of young Indians. https://t.co/hZta1Tm1sd
The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party emerged after India’s Supreme Court chief justice compared unemployed young people to “cockroaches.”
Embracing the remark, the movement became an outlet for grievances supporters felt politics had failed to address. https://t.co/ozkgA7sfyj
Indian police have detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition figures as they were protesting outside of the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They were rallying in support of a youth-led movement over failures in India's examination system.
In India, tens of thousands of Gen Z protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Delhi, calling for the resignation of the country's education minister. Read more: https://t.co/p1xH4wPPQ0
A mobile internet shutdown across central Delhi during the CJP protest slowed the spread of visuals from the police crackdown, drawing criticism from digital rights groups over transparency and free speech concerns.
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Govt closed the exits on Metro Stations near Jantar Mantar.
People started jumping over and exiting.
Now the Metros are not even stopping at these stations.
This in itself proves that this movement is beyond our analysis.
This is a Jan Andolan now 🔥🔥🔥