New Delhi: Union ministers will meet a delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi at 12.30 pm today to discuss ways to resolve the ongoing crisis arising from the NEET UG 2026 paper leak.
The CJP has welcomed this decision of the government to hold the meeting at a neutral venue. The Centre had earlier called for a meeting at Union minister J P Nadda’s office or residence.
The meeting will be held hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike at Medanta Hospital in the presence of Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sent out a message on steps being taken by the government against those involved in paper leaks.
“Our protest will continue; Constitution Club of India chosen as venue for meeting with government ministers, hoping for an open-minded dialogue,” CJP spokesperson Saurav Das said, as reported by The Times of India.
Another spokesperson of the CJP, Vaishnavi Gaur, said the delegation would place the same demands it has been raising since the protests began.
“We will be putting forward our demands, which we have been consistent with from the first day,” she said.
The key demands, according to Gaur, include the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, compensation for the families of students who took their own lives after the NEET examination was cancelled, and withdrawal of all FIRs registered against those she described as “innocent protesters.”
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke thanked Wangchuk for what he called an extraordinary act of courage.
“We are relieved and grateful that Sonam sir has ended his hunger strike after 26 days. Thank you for your extraordinary courage and sacrifice. By putting your own life on the line, you awakened the conscience of an entire nation. Your life is far too precious to this country,” Dipke wrote in a post on X.
Despite these developments, the CJP has maintained that its peaceful protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar will continue until its demands, including Pradhan’s resignation, are met.