CJP news highlights: ‘Accept them or…’, Cockroach Janta Party's new threat to government over ‘three pending demands’

CJP news highlights: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday warned the Central government over “three pending demands” that it claimed were promised before the party ended its protests in the national capital last month. The warning comes ahead of the CJP's planned march on September 5.

CJP news LIVE: The CJP on Monday announced plans for a peaceful march from India Gate to the Delhi Police headquarters on Jai Singh Road next month. (ANI )

CJP news highlights: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday named new members to its organisational teams as the pressure group prepares for a peaceful march in New Delhi next month. The group has accused the government of failing to fulfil the commitments made on July 25....Read More

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• 26 Aug 2026, 06:06:08 PM IST

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• 26 Aug 2026, 06:01:13 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Delhi Police says no permission sought yet for CJP's September 5 protest march

  CJP news LIVE: Delhi Police has said that no permission has been sought till now for the Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) proposed peaceful protest march on September 5.

  Cockroach Janata Party has announced a peaceful protest march in Delhi on September 5, from India Gate to the Delhi Police Headquarters on Jai Singh Road. The 2.5-km march is expected to be joined by families of NEET aspirants who died by suicide, victims of alleged police excesses, students and youth organisations.

  However, top Delhi Police sources said that no permission has been sought by the CJP for the proposed march so far. Police sources said that if a formal request is received, it will be examined as per the prevailing security and law-and-order considerations.

  Sources further said that Delhi Police is not in a mode of leniency this time, unlike during the previous agitation, and is assessing the possible crowd size, movement of protesters and security requirements in advance.

  Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has already started preparations in view of the September 5 protest. Security and traffic arrangements are being assessed, while inputs regarding the organisers and likely participation are also being monitored. Additional force deployment, including paramilitary personnel, is also being considered if required.

  via PTI

• 26 Aug 2026, 04:42:26 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: AISA backs CJP's Sep 5 Delhi march; seeks withdrawal of FIRs, probe into pellet firing

  CJP news LIVE: The All India Students' Association (AISA) has lent support to the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed September 5 protest march in Delhi, demanding withdrawal of FIRs against students and an inquiry into alleged pellet and bullet firing during earlier demonstrations.

  The issues that have prompted the youth mobilisation remain unresolved, with cases still pending against students despite the government's earlier commitment to withdraw them, AISA president Neha Bora told PTI on Wednesday.

  "The government must fully withdraw all cases. There should be an inquiry into the firing of pellets and bullets, and the government must be fully prepared to take accountability for the same," the Left-wing student leader said.

  "From AISA, we are seeing that this is a matter which still remains unresolved. The government itself had committed to withdrawing the cases, but still this is a major issue where students who protested against the government have cases against them," she said.

  The Abhijeet Dipke-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced that it would resume peaceful mobilisation, after a month-long pause following negotiations with the Centre.

  The proposed march on September 5, which falls on Teachers' Day, is to be led by families of students who died by suicide following the cancellation of the NEET exam and the subsequent re-test, and those who were allegedly subjected to police excesses during the July agitation.

  via PTI

• 26 Aug 2026, 03:46:35 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Felt students' pain; might have joined CJP protest even without party's permission, says Dimple Yadav

  CJP news LIVE: Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav on Wednesday said she and other young SP MPs might have participated in the Delhi CJP protest even without the party leadership's permission, asserting that the movement proved to be a "Sanjivani booti" (life-saving herb) for the country.

  A message -- that the BJP can be defeated and and it's not a difficult task -- has gone across the country from the protest, Yadav said, speaking at a press conference at the party headquarters.

  "Agar permission nahi dete to hum nahi jaante hum kya karte. Ho sakta hai hum tab hi jaate. Yuva hum sab, hum sab thaan ke baithe hue the (If we wouldn't have got permission, we do not know what we would have done. Perhaps, we would have gone anyway. All of us young MPs were determined to go), she said.

  via ANI

• 26 Aug 2026, 02:51:29 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Fadnavis directs MLAs to monitor school repairs after CJP campaign

  CJP news LIVE: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis directed guardian ministers and ruling party MLAs to make the time and monitor the quality of repairs being carried out in schools and ensure they are completed on time.

  After videos of CJP members’ inspections of the schools – which laid bare government apathy – went viral on social media, rural development minister Jaykumar Gore and Bhuse held a meeting to review school infra across districts.

• 26 Aug 2026, 01:00:07 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: What are the 3 ‘pending demands’?

  CJP news LIVE: The three “pending demands” that the CJP claims the government is yet to fulfil include:

  • Compensation for the families of students
  • Withdrawal of FIRs and no action against student protesters
  • An apology from the RAF and Delhi Police
• 26 Aug 2026, 12:14:52 PM IST

  CJP news LIVE: CJP's new threat to government over ‘three pending demands’

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday warned the Central government over “three pending demands” that it claimed were promised before the party ended its protests in the national capital last month.

  The warning comes ahead of the CJP's planned march on September 5.

  CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka wrote on X: “We will not hold back. You might have the govt, the country is ours. Keep your words. Accept our demands. Or this Sept 5, be ready for Cockroaches!”

• 26 Aug 2026, 11:46:09 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Dipke jokes about Saurav Das being next in line to get beaten up

  CJP news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and national convenor Abhijeet Dipke joked about co-convenor Saurav Das being the next in line to get beaten up after Dipke and fellow co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka were allegedly attacked in separate incidents in Rajasthan’s Jaipur.

  Read the full story here.

• 26 Aug 2026, 11:37:46 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: AISA backs CJP's Sep 5 Delhi march

  CJP news LIVE: The All India Students' Association (AISA) has lent support to the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed September 5 protest march in Delhi, demanding withdrawal of FIRs against students and an inquiry into alleged pellet and bullet firing during earlier demonstrations.

  The issues that have prompted the youth mobilisation remain unresolved, with cases still pending against students despite the government's earlier commitment to withdraw them, AISA president Neha Bora told PTI on Wednesday.

• 26 Aug 2026, 10:33:25 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: 'Children being treated worse than animals': CJP writes to state govts

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) that has put the state of government schools at the centre of its ongoing campaign wrote to all state governments on Monday, seeking data on school infrastructure, teacher vacancies and funding over the last five years.

  In identical letters addressed to education ministers, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said visuals from government schools circulating on social media showed that many children still lacked basic facilities such as safe drinking water, functional toilets, proper classrooms, and even benches.

  "It has been 80 years since India gained Independence...No child in this country should be forced to study in such conditions. They are being treated worse than animals," Dipke wrote.

• 26 Aug 2026, 10:04:15 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: CJI Kant's ‘cockroach’ remark was aimed at CJP's Saurav Das?

  CJP news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and national convenor Abhijeet Dipke has reportedly claimed that Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s use of the term “cockroach”, which sparked the Gen-Z movement, was aimed at the party’s co-convenor Saurav Das, whom Dipke described as an “OG Cockroach”.

  In an interview with News24, Dipke claimed that CJI Kant used the term “cockroach” for Das over his reporting on the judiciary during his time as a journalist.

  “The word cockroach was used for Saurav. He (Das) is an OG cockroach,” Dipke said.

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:48:14 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: CJP flags ₹92 crore upkeep bill for ministers’ homes

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has questioned government spending on the upkeep of Union ministers’ residences in Lutyens’ Delhi, saying the money could instead be used to improve government schools.

  The remarks came after a PTI report claimed that the annual upkeep bill for Union ministers’ residences had risen from ₹27 crore in 2014-15 to a record ₹92 crore in 2025-26.

  Reacting to the figures, the CJP wrote on X, “Stop fixing your lavish homes, and fix the schools! ₹92 crore = 10 new world class government schools. The money is available, the intent to use it for government schools is missing.”

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:27:47 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: 'Foreign forces spreading poison', says BJP secretary on student protests

  CJP news LIVE: Newly-appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Gajendra Singh Patel on Tuesday alleged that "foreign forces" were spreading hatred and misleading students into protesting in an attempt to divide the country.

  "After an idea was spread on social media, young people from Gen Z joined it, but this idea was supported by external elements from behind the scenes in the country," Patel told reporters here.

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:15:23 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Why CJP announced march on September 5

  CJP news LIVE: The CJP has called for a peaceful protest march in Delhi on September 5, from India Gate to the Delhi Police headquarters. The group has accused the Centre of failing to fulfil the promises made to young protesters when the Jantar Mantar protest was called off last month.

  One of the main issues the CJP plans to raise is the July 25 assurance regarding the withdrawal of first information reports registered against protesters.

  The home departments of at least four states, including Delhi, had issued notifications stating that no action would be taken against protesters in these FIRs. However, the cases have still not been withdrawn.

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:08:41 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party launches nationwide legal aid platform

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party on Tuesday launched a nationwide legal aid platform for its supporters and volunteers, saying the initiative would assist those facing harassment or violence.

  “CJP’s Legal Aid platform is now live. If you have faced harassment, intimidation, or violence while raising your voice for better education, reach out to us through our Legal Aid platform,” the organisation said in a post on X while sharing a link to the website.

  The organisation said it would provide its supporters and volunteers with the “best possible legal help” and stand by them throughout the legal process.

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:05:16 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: List of new CJP members, including national spokespersons

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday named new members to its organisational teams as the pressure group continues its nationwide ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign.

  National Spokespersons

  • Sudhir Sangwan
  • Siddhant Bhardwaj

  The party also named its joint secretaries and announced the North, East and West Coordination Committees. Check the full list here.

• 26 Aug 2026, 09:00:25 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: No request yet for CJP's India Gate protest, says police

  CJP news LIVE: The Delhi Police has begun making security arrangements ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed September 5 march, citing security and traffic concerns, even as a senior officer on Tuesday said the group is yet to seek permission for the protest.

  “The department has not received any request for any march or protest from their side,” deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma told HT.

  (Inputs from Jignasa Sinha)

• 26 Aug 2026, 08:40:15 AM IST

  CJP news LIVE: CJP announces new members ahead of march on Sept 5

  CJP news LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday announced new members for its organisational teams as the pressure group continues its nationwide ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign and also prepares for a peaceful march in New Delhi next month, accusing the government of failing to fulfil the commitments it made on July 25.

  In a statement issued after a key press meet, the group said on Monday that families of deceased NEET victims and alleged victims of police brutality during the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalao’ march will lead the march next month.