Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said he will not leave Jantar Mantar until the education minister resigns and asked Delhi Police to extend permission to let the protest continue. He was addressing a large number of students and supporters demonstrating at the second protest organised by the CJP in New Delhi on Saturday over alleged examination irregularities, repeated paper leaks and demands for accountability from the government.

Dipke said, “I request the authorities since youth from all over the country are here. They want to sit here till we get justice. I request Delhi Police to extend our permission. The protest has been peaceful; we are just innocent students who want to sit here.” The youth leader also said that the channel for dialogue is open, but the “only condition is that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan should resign”. He also requested Delhi Police to “open a dialogue with the Centre” and asserted, “If there are arrests, I will be the first to court arrest.”