The youth of Mumbai, along with student organisations, joined the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest on Thursday at Azad Maidan against the paper leak incidents while also demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam. The protesters were seen with banners criticising the lack of action taken after the alleged leak of the NEET paper earlier in May.

mid-day spoke to some students, who expressed their strong support for the movement led by the CJP and activist Sonam Wangchuk [in Delhi], who has been on a hunger strike for the last 19 days as part of the protest.