CJP NEET Petition Survives Crackdown — Still Active

The Petition That Outlived the Crackdown

On May 23, 2026, the government blocked CJP's X account, had its Instagram hacked, and took down the cockroachjantaparty.org website. By then, the NEET accountability petition had already collected 6 lakh signatures. The petition page at cockroachjantaparty.buzz/sack-education-minister was not blocked. It is still there. This is the full account of what happened — and where things stand now.

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke confirmed the 6 lakh figure directly, according to reporting by Business Today and Al Jazeera on May 23, 2026. (Business Today · Al Jazeera) The .buzz domain, which hosts the petition, remained accessible throughout the crackdown. The .org domain was blocked by MeitY. The movement's petition survived because it was on a different domain than the one the government targeted.

Why 6 Lakh Indians Signed: The NEET Paper Leak

NEET UG 2026 was held on May 3, 2026. Approximately 22 lakh aspirants sat the exam across India. Within days, evidence emerged that question papers had been sold to students before the exam — for up to ₹30 lakh per candidate, a week before exam day. The exam was cancelled on May 7 after malpractice information surfaced.

The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case and made arrests. By May 22, the CBI had arrested 11 people in connection with the paper leak. Among them was Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, an NTA-appointed Physics expert from Pune, arrested on May 22, 2026. (Outlook India)

The National Testing Agency confirmed a retest date of June 21, 2026. The NTA refund portal opened at neet.nta.nic.in for students seeking refunds, with a deadline of May 27, 2026 — three days from the date of this publication.

For 22 lakh students who had spent years preparing, the cancellation was not a procedural inconvenience. It was the collapse of a system they had trusted. The CJP petition gave that anger a place to go on record.

The Human Cost: One Student's Story

Pradeep Manich, 23, from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, died by suicide following the NEET UG 2026 cancellation. His family had sold land and taken on debt to fund his medical entrance preparation. He was one of the 22 lakh who sat the exam on May 3. (Outlook India)

His story is part of the reason 6 lakh people signed a petition demanding accountability rather than merely accepting the retest announcement. The petition's argument is that a retest without consequences for the officials responsible does not restore the trust that was broken. For families who invested everything in a system that was then compromised by insiders who sold papers for ₹30 lakh, a rescheduled exam is not the same thing as justice.

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What the Petition Demanded

The CJP petition, titled "Sack the Education Minister," made two demands: the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for the governance failure that allowed the leak, and a CBI-supervised re-examination process with transparent, leak-proof protocols.

The petition was filed by Abhijeet Dipke and launched on May 22, 2026. A video announcing it crossed 12 million views within one hour on Instagram. By the next day, 6 lakh people had signed. How 5.68 lakh people signed in the first 24 hours — the full account of that extraordinary 24-hour period — is documented in the companion post.

The petition did not demand any particular party take power. It demanded that the minister responsible for a systemic failure accept institutional accountability. That framing — procedural rather than ideological — is what made it land across different political sympathies.

The Crackdown Timeline: Section 69A to Instagram Hack to .org Blocked

The sequence of platform actions against CJP took place over three days in late May 2026. For the complete timeline, including condemnations from the Internet Freedom Foundation and Amnesty International India, read the full crackdown timeline. The key sequence:

• May 21: CJP's X account was withheld in India under Section 69A of the IT Act. The Intelligence Bureau cited "national security" concerns. (The Wire)
• May 22: CJP's backup X account was also taken down.
• May 23: CJP's official Instagram account and Abhijeet Dipke's personal Instagram were hacked; access was lost entirely. (Business Today)
• May 23: cockroachjantaparty.org was blocked by MeitY for Indian users. (Al Jazeera)

The crackdown did not touch the .buzz domain. Why the .buzz domain stayed live while the .org was blocked is explained in detail at why cockroachjantaparty.buzz is the last page standing.

Dipke's Response: "You Cannot Hack This Movement"

Abhijeet Dipke spoke to multiple outlets on May 23, 2026, after losing access to all major CJP platforms. His framing was consistent: the crackdown was a response to the petition's success, not a legitimate security action.

"Action should have been taken against the Education Minister for the paper leak. For the student who lost his life due to the government's failure. But in New India, action is being taken against the Cockroach Janta Party for demanding accountability."

— Abhijeet Dipke (The Print, May 23, 2026)

"Those in power think citizens are cockroaches and parasites. They should know that cockroaches breed in rotten places. That's what India is today."

— Abhijeet Dipke (Al Jazeera, May 23, 2026)

Dipke also said in an earlier statement: "You can hack and withhold the accounts but you cannot hack this movement." The petition — which he had described as "real work" beyond internet visibility — was demonstrably still accessible after every platform action the government took.

Dharmendra Pradhan, for his part, took "full responsibility" for the cancellation and pledged the June 21 retest will be "free from irregularities." He directed citizens to "trust PM Modi." He has not resigned, despite demands from Rahul Gandhi, NSUI, and Trinamool Congress. (Outlook India)

Where the Petition Stands Today

The NEET UG 2026 retest is confirmed for June 21, 2026. The NTA refund portal at neet.nta.nic.in closes on May 27, 2026 — students seeking refunds have three days from today. Dharmendra Pradhan remains in office.

The CJP petition remains accessible at cockroachjantaparty.buzz/sack-education-minister. The cockroachjantaparty.org domain is blocked for Indian users; the .buzz domain is not. Whatever platform actions the government takes next, the petition page is on a different domain than the one that was targeted.

The 6 lakh signatures are a public record. They document that citizens demanded accountability before the government scheduled a retest — not after. If the June 21 exam is compromised again, that record will matter.

Be Part of the Record

The crackdown is a data point. The petition surviving the crackdown is another data point. Both are now in the public record. The digital badge is how individuals add themselves to that record — proof of membership in a movement the government tried to erase, and could not.