A crucial meeting between the representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the government happened in Delhi's Vithalbhai Patel House on Friday
as part of efforts to find an amicable solution to the outfit's demands related to exam irregularities amid the ongoing protests. While the government was represented by Union Health Minister JP Nadda and Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh, the CJP was represented by its spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. The Cockroach Janta Party said that it has placed three key demands before the Centre amid the ongoing protests over the NEET-UG paper leak, with the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at the forefront. Check Live Updates Here CJP leaders said the Centre has, however, expressed in-principle agreement on two other demands — compensation for families of NEET aspirants who died by suicide and withdrawal of FIRs and legal cases against protesting students. "The government has asked for time till tomorrow afternoon on our demand for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. We hope the govt will remove him soon. The government has expressed in-principle approval on the two demands of compensation (for families of NEET aspirants who died by suicide) and withdrawal of FIRs, legal cases on students," CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said, adding that the agitation will continue until concrete action is taken. Meanwhile, Union Minister JP Nadda said that the meeting went on for almost two hours. "They had 3 main demands and 5 reform suggestions for exams. We have told them that we will meet them again tomorrow afternoon and tell them about the discussion we had among the Government." The meeting took place hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike late on Thursday night following government assurances on his key demands. While the CJP said it was relieved with Wangchuk's decision, the protest at Jantar Mantar will continue until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns. This was the third official meeting between the CJP and the government. Nadda and Das, along with another CJP spokesperson, Ashutosh Ranka, had attended two back-to-back meetings on July 20 at the minister's residence.
