New Delhi: Following days of unrelenting student-led demonstrations, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stepped down from his position in the cabinet amid the escalating NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy. Shortly after the announcement on Saturday, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical youth movement Cockroach Janta Party issued a statement. 

“I thank CJI Kant for calling us cockroaches. Had you not called us cockroaches, Pradhan would not have resigned,” said Dipke.

Reacting to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said, 

"We have done it. Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned”.

"And this resignation is proof that if you people are not afraid, if you people do not bow down to this government, then we can take the resignation of anyone," he added.

Shortly after the resignation of the Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Cockroach Janata Party took to social media to reiterate their demands.

The Cockroach Janta Party Demands Update:

1. Dharmedra Pradhan must resign ✅

2. 1 crore to the families of all students who died by suicide - PENDING

3. No action against any of the student protesters - PENDING

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday resigned from the Union Council of Ministers amid nationwide protests over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy.

Pradhan stated that he was stepping down in the larger interest of students to ensure that the country's youth do not become "trapped in a web of confusion."