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'Kya Bolti Public': With Education, Jobs and Accountability in Focus, Cockroach Janta Party Launches National Agenda

The CJP has clarified that they will remain a pressure group for now, and not enter electoral politics. Their tour for the national agenda begins on September 1.
The CJP has clarified that they will remain a pressure group for now, and not enter electoral politics. Their tour for the national agenda begins on September 1.
 kya bolti public   with education  jobs and accountability in focus  cockroach janta party launches national agenda
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke, with supporters, celebrates after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and took responsibility for the NEET paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Saturday, July 25, 2026. Photo: PTI /Atul Yadav
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New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday (August 6) announced its national agenda titled 'Kya Bolti Public', listing out its plan for the coming months starting September 1. The agenda was announced after the conclusion of its two-day session in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, in Maharashtra, where founder Abhijeet Dipke mentioned the same in a press conference.

As part of it, the CJP leadership, following its success with the protest in Delhi's Jantar Mantar that spurred youth agitations across states, has announced it will tour across the country to engage directly with young people in every corner of India and shape a citizen-driven Youth Reform Charter, built around four pillars: holistic education reform, education-to-employment integration, institutional accountability, and solidarity and alliances.

Questions had been surfacing around what the CJP decides to do next with their primary mission accomplished, with many wondering if it would disband or deepen the struggle.

The group began as online satire, and quickly transformed from into a widespread on-ground protest eventually securing Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over various examination irregularities under his watch – including the NEET paper leak and CBSE on-screen marking scandal.

They have clarified that they will remain a pressure group and not enter electoral politics at this stage.

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"India does not need another political party competing for seats. It needs an unyielding movement that unites people across ideologies to defend constitutional values and force policy change from the outside," the said in the press release.

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At the press conference, Dipke described Pradhan's resignation as the biggest achievement of the students' agitation. CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das, spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka and other representatives were also present at the press briefing.

Speaking on the CJP's plan, Dipke said, “During the ‘kya bolti public’ campaign, we will get to know what people think of the present situation in the country and what the issues they face are.”

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“The fear which this government created in the last 10-12 years in the minds of people has now ended. People will now come onto the streets. Today, they have sought resignation of one person; tomorrow they will demand resignations of others,” Dipke said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

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He also highlighted that the protest drew not only students but also jobless youngsters to Jantar Mantar. “Unemployment is a major problem; we will make it a nationwide issue. We will work on education reforms. Education has remained unaffordable since schooling. Education is used for making profits. But we want to change it," he said.

In addition, the CJP founder also said there was a need to bring back the credibility of the media.

“CJP will operate as per Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru’s vision for a developed India,” he said, adding, “Our ideology is the same as the Constitution of India."

This article went live on August sixth, two thousand twenty six, at twenty-one minutes past nine at night.

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