New Delhi, July 25 -- It was Saturday, June 6, when Abhijeet Dipke, the 30-year-old founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), led the first protest march demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the controversies surrounding the NEET-UG medical entrance examination.

Just over a month later, Dipke returned to the same venue to announce that Pradhan had resigned on another Saturday.

"We have done it, Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned," Dipke told a crowd of several thousands on the afternoon of 25 July. "They would say no one would quit in this government" Dipke said as the supporters broke into celebration.

Jantar Mantar was unusually packed on Saturday, perhaps because of weekend. As the afternoon s...