Cockroach Janta Party seeks 15% education budget, faster fee reimbursements in Telangana

Buoyed by what it described as a victory in its 36-day protest in New Delhi that ended with the resignation of former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) Telangana unit on Wednesday said it would now shift its focus to educational reforms in the State. Its demands include increasing education spending, expediting fee reimbursement, fast-tracking investigations into paper leak cases and implementing the recommendations of former Telangana Education Commission chairman Akunuri Murali.Addressing a gathering at People’s Plaza in Hyderabad, CJP Telangana representative Vijay Mallangi said the movement would continue beyond the developments in Delhi. “Our agenda now is to fight for educational reforms in Telangana. We want a minimum of 15% of the State