Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Friday protested in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, once again echoing rage against the alleged examination irregularities, and pressing demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The protest was joined by students and government job aspirants.
The demonstration was part of a nationwide campaign launched by the CJP, which had earlier held demonstrations in Delhi and Pune.
Candidates preparing for teaching, medical, revenue, administrative, and other government recruitment examinations were among the protesters who gathered at the Eco Garden since morning.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Babloo Kumar informed that the permission for the programme was granted after an application was submitted by an individual and not by any organisation.
"The application was submitted by a teacher, Vivek Kumar, late Thursday evening. After completing the required procedure, permission was granted," he said.
The officer said reports claiming police had denied permission for the protest were misleading, as no application regarding the demonstration had been received till Thursday evening. The permission to protest was granted from 10 am to 4 pm.
Earlier, Dipke had said the protest would be conducted in a peaceful and constitutional manner to raise concerns over alleged examination irregularities.
"We have held peaceful protests in Delhi and Pune. We are not doing anything wrong. We only want to put forward our views in a democracy," he had said.
CJP plans to hold further demonstrations in Punjab’s Amritsar and Karnataka’s Bengaluru before returning to Delhi's Jantar Mantar for a larger protest on June 20.
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