Calm returns to Jantar Mantar after 36-day NEET protest ends; Dipke, Wangchuk recuperate
The chants fell silent, and calm descended on Jantar Mantar on Sunday (July 26, 2026), a day after the 36-day agitation over irregularities in exams and the NEET paper leak ended with the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Dipke receiving intravenous fluids and a video message in which he said he had finally slept peacefully after more than a month of relentless campaigning and uncertainty. Pralhad Joshi takes charge as Education Minister"It feels really good.
- ▪The chants fell silent, and calm descended on Jantar Mantar on Sunday (July 26, 2026), a day after the 36-day agitation over irregularities in exams and the NEET paper leak ended with the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
- ▪Dipke receiving intravenous fluids and a video message in which he said he had finally slept peacefully after more than a month of relentless campaigning and uncertainty.
- ▪Pralhad Joshi takes charge as Education Minister"It feels really good.
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The chants fell silent, and calm descended on Jantar Mantar on Sunday (July 26, 2026), a day after the 36-day agitation over irregularities in exams and the NEET paper leak ended with the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. While Cockroach Janta Party CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke recovered from typhoid at home, environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk recuperated in a hospital.Also read | The reframing of the political narrative by Gen Z at Jantar MantarThe sprawling protest site in the heart of the national capital, which had echoed with slogans, speeches and fervent activity for more than a month, wore a deserted look as the makeshift tents had disappeared, and the volunteers and supporters had dispersed, leaving behind little trace of the agitation.The CJP, which organised the…
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