CJP Celebration: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which emerged as a key force behind the nationwide agitation over the NEET-UG paper leak, is facing widespread criticism after multiple videos showing
its leaders dancing at a hotel celebration following Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation went viral on social media platforms.
The videos showed CJP spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with others, dancing to Bollywood songs after Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down as Union Education Minister amid the NEET paper leak controversy.
Political commentator and YouTuber Meghnad S, who was part of the students’ protest accused the CJP leaders, including Saurav Das of “abandoning and starving” the protesters at Jantar Mantar and partying and celebrating the development.
Commenting on the videos, Meghnad claimed that while senior CJP leaders celebrated after declaring victory, dozens of volunteers and protesters who had sustained the agitation were left stranded in Delhi without food, accommodation or travel support.
He alleged that he and a few others spent their own money to arrange Tatkal train tickets and temporary accommodation for protesters trying to return home. Meghnad further claimed that after CJP leaders left Jantar Mantar, police cleared the site, leaving volunteers to fend for themselves.
“I’m seeing this at 4 am in the morning. Me and a few others have spent the last two days sending abandoned and starving CJP volunteers and protestors home with our own money. I wasn’t going to say anything, but I saw this video, and I’m pissed off…,” Meghnad said on Instagram.
“Your volunteers were with you for the last month, selflessly working to make this protest possible. When you CJP ‘leaders’ got up and left, [Delhi] police came in, took their stuff, and they were thrown out of Jantar Mantar,” Meghnad added.
“While you are partying, 70+ protestors and students were left starving in Delhi because YOU decided not to care. Congratulations CJP, you have become just another political party after all. And f**k you,” Medhnad concluded.
However News18 does not verify the authencit.y of the allegations.
The allegations have attracted widespread criticism of the CJP leadership, which has increasingly come under scrutiny over the movement’s leadership and functioning, especially over their handling during the final days of the agitation.
Senior Supreme Court advocate Mahesh Jethmalani also questioned the CJP’s funding. Reacting to one of the clips, Mahesh Jethmalani criticised the optics of the celebration and raised questions over the finances behind the CJP’s agitation.
“Seriously? The CJP leadership throwing a victory party at a hotel! After Delhi witnessed days of violence, these so-called youth activists switched on the music and began dancing,” he wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
He further asked, “Who funded the travel, food, accommodation, equipment and logistics throughout this agitation? Who financed the people who kept Delhi on the boil?”
CJP spokesperson Saurav Das defended the celebration videos and said critics were failing to understand how younger generations approach activism. In a post on X, Das said that most “simply do not understand the language of Gen Z and younger generations.”
It just goes to show that the government and godi anchors simply do not understand the language of Gen Z and younger generations.
We can sit on the road for as long as it takes. We can protest while dancing. We can organise while sipping cold coffee. We can fight for change… https://t.co/3URTemFOoA
— Saurav Das (@SauravDassss) July 27, 2026
“We can sit on the road for as long as it takes. We can protest while dancing. We can organise while sipping cold coffee. We can fight for change without looking the way previous generations think a movement should look (no shade on anyone!),” he added. “That’s just how this generation is. Confident, creative, resilient, and IMPOSSIBLE to stereotype. The uncles and aunties can keep complaining. They’ll just have to deal with us!”
