New Delhi
Union Minister JP Nadda on Friday, after meeting with the representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party in the national capital, said that the government will hold another meeting with the CJP representatives tomorrow after holding internal discussions on the issues that were raised during Friday's meeting.
The Minister said that the CJP has put forward three main demands and five suggestions for examination reforms.
After the meeting with CJP representatives, Nadda told reporters, "The meeting went on for almost two hours. They had three main demands and five 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."
This is the second meeting of Nadda with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Chief Spokesperson Saurav Das and National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka in New Delhi. During the meeting today, Union Minister Jitendra Singh was also present.
CJP's National Spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka after the talks today, said, "The government has asked for time till tomorrow afternoon on our demand for Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. We hope the government 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."
The CJP maintained that its primary demand remains the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The CJP, represented by activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, agreed to the dialogue after the government reportedly accepted two of their conditional demands: that no legal action would be taken against peaceful protesters and that adequate compensation would be provided to the families of students affected by the recent exam irregularities. However, the CJP remains firm on its principal demand, seeking the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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The meeting came after social activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike upon receiving a written assurance from the Union government on the NEET examination issue and reforms to the country's competitive examination system.