CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke calls Dharmendra Pradhan a ‘real terrorist’ and vows to continue protests unless he resigns | Today’s news
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has launched another attack on the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over his recent remark, calling the group seeking his resignation “the B team of terrorists.”
Deepke, who continued his protest at Jantar Mantar for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, instead said that Dharmendra Pradhan is a real terrorist as 17 young, innocent lives (of NEET aspirants) have been lost because of him.
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“Dharmendra Pradhan is a real terrorist. 17 young, innocent lives have been lost because of this education minister. A prime minister who claims to have stopped a war cannot stop the paper leak – and cannot even accept the resignation of his own education minister.” Dipke told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.
“The Minister of Education calls us terrorists. Are there people who demand justice and accountability – terrorists? We and our parents pay taxes to this government. This government operates on public votes and public money. Today, the same government calls us terrorists. Do they have a dime of shame?” said Dipke, who earlier that day, appeared before a committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) regarding the detention of the X group account.
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MeitY had earlier asked Dipke to appear in person at his residence on Wednesday for the hearing on the government freeze on the CJP account.
“Farmers – terrorists. Doctors – terrorists. Youth – terrorists. So who is an Indian? The Prime Minister should announce that the youth of this country are terrorists,” Dipke said.
“B-Team Terrorists”
Pradhan had created a massive political controversy by branding the CJP – the group protesting the NEET exam leaks at Jantar Mantar – as the “B-Team of terrorists”. Pradhan, in an interview to a TV channel. dismissed the CJP protesters saying they were individuals rejected in democracy who had returned in disguise.
Dipke strongly condemned the remark and demanded an apology, claiming that Pradhan had the “blood of 17 students” on his hands due to the stress and suicides associated with the exam crisis.
The comment drew sharp criticism from opposition leaders. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge demanded Pradhan’s immediate resignation over the statement and his handling of the NEET paper leak.
Kharge attacks Pradhan
Kharge on Wednesday attacked Pradhan for his “terrorist” remark against the protesting students and claimed that Pradhan will have to resign.
“There have been ninety paper leaks, millions of students’ futures have been ruined, 20 children have taken their own lives due to NEET paper leaks, families have been devastated…,” Kharge said.
He said the Modi government’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, was holding on to his chair and calling an “echo of students” as “terrorists” while giving interviews.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) continued its sit-in protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday. On the fourth day of his protection, CJP protesters staged a ‘diaper donation’ as part of their campaign seeking Pradhan’s resignation over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and examination irregularities.
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The CJP insists that the protest will continue until Pradhan resigns. Students, aspirants and members of several student organizations participated in the session which began on Saturday.
Late Monday night, the group claimed that police had tried to shrink the protest area by moving barricades and “compressing the protest site into a smaller area.”
Demanding accountability for alleged paper leaks and examination irregularities, including the NEET controversy, the CJP insists that the protest will continue until Pradhan resigns.
Some say it is sponsored by the deep state: Ramesh
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that while the CJP’s protest was an important tool to send out a message of frustration on the part of the youth, the established political parties ultimately have to take forward the issue they have raised.
In an interview with PTI Videos, the Congress General Secretary also argued that democracies cannot depend on movements alone and are ultimately rooted in political parties.
Dharmendra Pradhan is a real terrorist. 17 young, innocent lives were lost because of this education minister.
“Some people say it’s sponsored by the deep state, some people say it’s a reflection of youth frustration. There’s no way to prove it (either), but the fact is it’s grabbed the social media space and got a lot of headlines, but it’s not a political party,” Ramesh said.
