CJP Protest Over With Immediate Effect As Govt Accepts All Its Demands | Key Announcements From Joint Presser

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday announced the calling off of the students' protest after 37 days of continuous agitation against NEET-UG paper leak and other examination irregularities. The announcement was made at a joint press conference of the CJP and the Central government.

The conference was held in New Delhi shortly after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Union Education Minister. 

Here are the key announcements made at the joint presser:

Protest Withdrawn In ‘Good Faith’

Cockroach Janta Party's Chief Spokesperson Saurav Das, representing CJP at the conference, declared that the party has withdraw the agitation in "good faith, with the understanding that the agreed-upon terms will be executed within the agreed-upon timelines."

CJP's Ashutosh Ranka added that the government has accepted all its demands after 36 days of protest. Addressing the protesters, he added, “We urge everyone to peacefully withdraw from protests sites.” 

“We will inform you shortly about our future course of action.”

Pradhan's resignation had been the key demand of the CJP. CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke has earlier stressed that the protest will not end until Dharmendra Pradhan is removed from his ministerial post.

FIR Against Protesters Withdrawn

The second demand of the CJP was that all the FIRs filed against the protesters, not just in Delhi but in all BJP-ruled and BJP-allied states, should be withdrawn. 

At the presser, Saurav Das stated, “The government has accepted this demand as well. Furthermore, the withdrawal will be done shortly. The government has assured us that it will share copies of all the FIRs filed – as per our last information, 15 to 20 FIRs were filed in Delhi – and we will receive those copies within three to four days in any case."

"The government has also assured that the withdrawal will be done shortly."

He added, "We have shared a draft with the government, which is a written guarantee. The government has said it will share this with us by Tuesday. We hope that by Tuesday we will receive the government's guarantees regarding these FIRs and any future action.”

Union Minister JP Nadda, representing the Central government at the presser, said"

“We will provide them with copy of the FIRs, and no action will be taken.”

Govt To Consider CJP’s 5-Point Exam Reform Charter

The government also agreed to consider Cockroach Janta Party's 5-point exam reform charter. The charter consists of five demands of CJP to end India's “public examination crisis”:

The Charter proposes the enactment of a New Public Examinations (Transparency. Accountability and Candidates' Rights) Act, under which minimum punishment for organised paper leak networks will be increased from 3 years to 10 years, with confiscation of illegal proceeds, higher fines and permanent debarment.

CJP's Ashutosh Ranka said, “We will meet the government again in about four weeks regarding that demand charter so that we can work together on broader reforms.”

1 Crore Compensation For NEET Victims' Families

Ashutosh Ranka and JP Nadda  announced at the presser that the government has also agreed to provide a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the families of NEET-UG 2026 victims.

Ranka said, “The government has agreed to this, stating that an honorary compensation will be given to those families under whatever rules and regulations allow.”

Nadda-CJP Leaders Handshake

An iconic moment from the joint press conference was Union Minister JP Nadda's handshake with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.