India, July 21 -- The Union government on Monday told representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to call off the ongoing stir against irregularities in the conduct of examinations but gave no tangible assurance to meet their demands, according to people aware of the details.

Union home minister Amit Shah separately held a prolonged meeting with education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, whose resignation CJP and other protesters are demanding, that lasted several hours.

Union minister JP Nadda met two CJP representatives Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka and said the government was approached by the group to present their demands.

"This morning, for the first time, a proposal came from the protesters to hold talks with the government, ...