Wangchuk extends support as pupils, parents & activists join demonstration
School students, college-goers, competitive exam aspirants, parents, activists, and political leaders came together at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday as the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest expanded beyond an online campaign into wider youth mobilisation.
Among those extending support were activist Sonam Wangchuk, lawyer Yogita Bhayana, and CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, underlining how the movement has started attracting voices beyond student circles.
Bhattacharya joined the gathering in solidarity with the protesters, and argued that anger among young people had deepened because of repeated paper leak controversies, unemployment concerns, and what he described as the weakening of public education systems.
He also backed demands seeking accountability from the Education Ministry, and supported calls seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.
Meanwhile, some participants expressed frustration not only with the ruling BJP, but also Opposition parties, arguing that issues affecting students and young people rarely received sustained political attention.
Parents said concerns around education had increasingly become family concerns. Shilpa, who attended the protest with her daughter, said, “When children spend years preparing for examinations, parents carry the same stress and uncertainty with them. Education increasingly feels less like a public service and more like a system built around money,” she said.
