Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the satirical social media page Cockroach Janta Party, has announced that he will return to India on June 6 to launch a peaceful protest demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation following the NEET paper leak scandal.
“The time has come for all of us to come together, following the path of the Constitution of India, and peacefully raise our voices to demand Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. If we raise our voices together, they will definitely have to listen to us,” Dipke said in a video posted on the CJP’s Instagram handle on Monday.
“I have decided that I will arrive in on Saturday morning, June 6. Please join me at the airport and together we will go to the Parliament Street police station to ask for permission to hold a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar,” he added.
His announcement comes days after the Delhi High Court refused to order the immediate .
“For the past few days, you all have been seeing how we have been raising our voices on social media, demanding that Dharmendra Pradhan must resign – for the NEET students who died by suicide due to the paper leak, and for the wasted hard work of millions of students,” said.
“Eight lakh students have signed our petition. Crores of people have supported this demand on social media as well. And not just that, protests are also happening regarding this issue in many places across the country, such as , Jaipur, and Maharashtra. Yet, they still do not care.”
“A joke has been made out of the lives of over 1 crore students—including 22 lakh from NEET, 17 lakh from , 16 lakh from CUET, and 40 lakh from SSC GD. Students are very anxious and worried about their future. Someone has to take responsibility for this.”
Dipke rose to prominence in May after he created the CJP account of social media satirising the remarks of Chief Justice Surya Kant. The account expanded into a platform for memes and political commentary, fashioning itself as a outlet for the youth to vent their frustration.
In late May, based on inputs from the Intelligence Bureau, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued a directive under Section 69(A) of the IT Act to block the handle for users in India on X citing . Dipke then moved the Delhi High Court against the blocking.
Senior BJP leaders have alleging that there is . In the social media post on Monday, Dipke said his family and friends have expressed concern that he could be arrested at the airport.
In early May, a nationwide stir followed reports of the NEET-UG paper getting leaked, prompting authorities to investigate the allegations and cancel the examination given by more than 22 lakh MBBS aspirants. At least two students died by suicide following the cancellation.
While the test has been rescheduled to June 21, the probe into the paper leak has led to multiple arrests. The Indian Express reported a broad internal consensus on an institutional failure that created conditions for the leak.
The so far, including paper translators, subject experts and intermediaries accused of circulating sections of the question paper
