Lucknow, June 12: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said he would press for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over alleged irregularities in examinations, during a protest in Lucknow on Friday.
The protest, part of the youth-led movement’s nationwide demonstration that started in Delhi, is scheduled at Eco Garden in the state capital.
However, it was not confirmed whether the protest has police permission.
Phone calls and text messages from PTI to senior police officials remained unanswered.
“I have come for the protest. We have seen peaceful protests in Delhi and Pune wherein we put forth our demands for resignation of the education minister. Tomorrow (Friday) also we are going to do just that in a peaceful and constitutional manner,” Dipke told mediapersons outside Lucknow airport late Thursday night.
On denial of permission for protest by local authorities, Dipke said if that is the case, he would reach out to them seeking nod for their peaceful demonstration.
“We have done peaceful protests in Delhi and Pune. We are not doing anything wrong. We just want to put forth our views in a democracy,” he added.
The CJP held a protest in Pune on Thursday. After Lucknow, it plans to hold demonstrations in Amritsar and Bengaluru before the showdown at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on June 20.
