Protesters from the Cockroach Janta Party clashed with Delhi Police on Wednesday at Jantar Mantar and Tolstoy Marg over alleged exam leaks [1].
The demonstrations mark a critical escalation in public anger regarding the integrity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The protesters hold Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan responsible for the alleged paper leak and are demanding his immediate resignation [2].
Violence broke out as police deployed tear-gas shells to disperse the crowds. A Delhi Police spokesperson said more than 118 personnel were injured during the confrontations [3]. The unrest also resulted in the damage of more than 20 police vehicles [3].
Abhijeet Dipke, a spokesperson for the Cockroach Janta Party, led the group in their effort to reach Parliament. The sit-in at Jantar Mantar has now entered day 26 [4].
While some reports indicated that CJP protesters clashed with Nihang Sikhs at the site, other accounts of the event did not mention the involvement of the Sikh group [1, 2].
Rahul Gandhi joined the discourse surrounding the protests. "You are the one who…" Gandhi said [5].
“More than 118 personnel were injured”
The prolonged nature of the CJP protest, now spanning nearly a month, suggests a deep-seated distrust in the administration of national competitive exams. The scale of the violence and the number of injured officers indicate that the NEET paper leak has transitioned from a bureaucratic failure to a significant catalyst for civil unrest in the capital.
