New Delhi:
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) movement is the “B team of disruptive elements,” Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has asserted, tearing into the viral satirical outfit that had been protesting the NEET paper leak.
“They are the B team of disruptive elements. Those who were rejected in the democracy have come in disguise and are now after the system. They raise slogans for those who want to divide the country. They have been identified,” Pradhan said during an exclusive interview with NDTV.
Some people do not have faith in the country’s progress, the senior BJP leader added.
The education minister’s remarks come a day after over 22 lakh aspiring doctors took the NEET re-exam, over a month after their previous attempt was scrapped following allegations of a paper leak. The CJP had been protesting over the leak and demanding Pradhan’s resignation as education minister.
The exam was conducted under a thick layer of security that involved the country’s armed forces and the state police units. Senior officials were deployed across India for monitoring.
The National Testing Body said all arrangements were made to ensure a fair and transparent examination environment. Pradhan, too, described the re-exam a success.
He also slammed the teachers who were found involved in the paper leak as “protectors who turned predators”.
