India, June 11 -- The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) held its second protest in Pune, demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and announcing a nationwide protest campaign in the coming week. CJP will hold demonstrations in Lucknow, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur, and Delhi between June 12 and June 20.

At the Pune protest, which drew a crowd of around 1,000 people, CJP also raised five new demands. Apart from seeking Pradhan's resignation, the party called for compensation for students affected by paper leaks, re-examinations to be conducted within three days, and extensions of age limits for candidates impacted by delayed exams.

CJP's first demand is that students be compensated whenever an examination i...