India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, urged authorities on Monday to release all detained demonstrators.
The online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which organised protests over exam paper leaks and other irregularities, said they had received reports of students held in detention, particularly in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar.
The CJP accused the government of backtracking after authorities had assured them that no punitive action would be taken against protesters.
“If the government does not honour the agreement and release everyone detained or arrested, we will be compelled to resume the protest,” Ashutosh Ranka, a spokesperson of the CJP told reporters.
The Indian government have not issued an official statement on the issue.
It comes two days after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as education minister over repeated failures in the conduct of competitive exams that have fuelled anger among millions of
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