Cockroach Janta Party reaffirms peaceful June 6 protest in Delhi, rejects violence speculation ahead of Jantar Mantar rally

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• The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Thursday escalated its campaign ahead of its proposed June 6 protest in Delhi, sharply attacking the government over the reported exposure of JEE (Advanced) 2026 candidate data due to a cloud storage configuration issue, and demanding accountability from the education ministry.
• The leaders of the campaign, which began on social media and went on to take a life of its own, also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately sack Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, saying he had failed to ensure accountability in the education sector.
• Addressing a press conference here, CJP spokespersons said the incident had raised fresh concerns about the security of student data and the government's handling of examination systems.
• CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the London School of Economics who was appointed the campaign's spokesperson on Wednesday, said the exposure of candidate information reflected...