'One person, one candle': India's Cockroach Janta Party calls for nationwide march tomorrow
CJP leaders and protesters on the ground said they will keep taking to the streets until Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called for a nationwide candle march tomorrow evening (26 July), as it looks to keep up the pressure on the Narendra Modi government.
"One person, one candle. For every student the government failed. March together in silence," the party said.
That is despite ongoing talks between the movement's spokespeople and the government.
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CJP leaders and protesters on the ground said they will keep taking to the streets until Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns.
Critics of the movement have pointed out that the government has arrested several people reported to be involved in the paper leak scandal.
Moreover, paper leaks have long happened in India even under previous governments.
A common argument is that removing a minister would not make a difference.
Countering this, protesters and their supporters said that as education minister, the buck stops with Pradhan.
CJP leaders have repeated that the minister must take accountability for the leak, which reportedly pushed at least 20 students to suicide.
