‘We have done it,’ CJP founder breaks the news at protest site, says ‘youth will talk about jobs, the future’

5 min readNew DelhiJul 25, 2026 10:05 PM IST Abhijit Dipke He said Pradhan’s resignation demonstrated the power of a united youth movement.(Source: PTI video) For a moment, it did not register. Then Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), sank to his knees, overcome by shock and joy, realising that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had resigned. Rising to address students and volunteers who had spent 36 days at the protest site with him, Dipke said, “We have done it. We have bloody done it.”Pradhan’s resignation was the central demand of the CJP-led protest. “What did they say? That there are no resignations in this government. For 36 days, every day they asked me this question. There won’t be resignations. Will there be resignations? These people won’t give resigna