Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Petition urges PM Modi to address India's youth on I-Day
A group in India called the Cockroach Janata Party wants to help young people.
Its leader, Abhijeet Dipke, led a big protest in Delhi about an exam called NEET, which many students said was unfair.
After 36 days of protests, India's Education Minister resigned.
The group then stopped protesting because the government agreed to listen to its demands.
Now the group wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about schools, jobs, and the high cost of living in his big Independence Day speech.
The Prime Minister gives that speech every year on August 15 from the Red Fort in Delhi.
The group made an online petition asking him to talk about these problems in the speech.
They want people to sign the petition to show support.
The group also plans to travel across India to hear what young people think.
Their ideas will be used to make a plan for better schools and jobs for young people.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke launched an online petition asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address India's youth on education, unemployment and the rising cost of living in his Independence Day address.
The appeal comes ahead of August 15, when PM Modi is scheduled to deliver his Independence Day address from the Red Fort.
The CJP's 36-day agitation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi over NEET irregularities and alleged exam issues ended with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on July 25.
The protest was called off after the government agreed to consider the CJP's five-point exam reform charter and assured that no cases would be filed against protesters.
The CJP announced a 'Kya Bolti Public' National Listening Tour from September 1 to build a citizen-driven Youth Reform Charter, a National Working Committee led by Dipke, and a membership drive, reiterating it will not contest elections.
- Who
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, petitioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- An online petition urging PM Modi to address India's youth on education, unemployment and the rising cost of living in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort.
- When
- Launched on Friday, August 7, 2026, ahead of the Independence Day address scheduled for August 15.
- Where
- Announced in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, following the CJP's 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
- Why
- To press the government for youth-focused education and employment reforms, after Dipke called unemployment one of the country's biggest challenges and termed Minister Pradhan's resignation the 'biggest achievement' of the agitation.
- Campaign group
- Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)
- Petition launched by
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, August 7, 2026
- Petition target
- PM Narendra Modi's Independence Day address (August 15, Red Fort)
- Key issues
- Education, unemployment, rising cost of living
- Previous protest
- 36-day NEET agitation at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
- Resignation
- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, July 25
- Listening tour
- 'Kya Bolti Public' National Listening Tour begins September 1
- Organisation stance
- Independent public pressure group; no contesting of elections; nationwide membership drive
