Meme placards, a 3-year-old protester and Gen Z energy mark CJP victory gathering in Mumbai

3 min readMumbaiJul 26, 2026 02:47 PM IST Young participants carried placards mocking the government and the outgoing education minister while celebrating the campaign. (Express Photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)Thousands gathered near Shivaji Park in Dadar on Sunday morning for a victory rally jointly organised by the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a day after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The event celebrated the youth-led campaign spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose meme-driven protests over alleged irregularities in the education system had gained national attention. Among the crowd was one of the youngest participants, three-and-a-half-year-old Sharvil More, who attended the gathering with his father, Rajesh More. Clutching a