Sonam Wangchuk asks education minister to quit, else will join Cockroach Janta Party movement

Sonam Wangchuk also said while a developed India by 2047 was “very good” as an intention, it was contingent on the implementation of suitable policies and not “on mere desires alone".

Prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday expressed solidarity with the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), announcing that he would join its proposed protest seeking the sacking of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday June 6.

Wangchuk, in a video post, said, “I had asked the cockroaches, in my previous post, to prove, to convince (me) that this Cockroach Janta Party is an expression of the Indian youth and not a conspiracy by foreign powers.”

“After that…(CJP founder Abhijeet) Dipke ji established contact with me and shared data (regarding its support base) with me. When I spoke to him, I understood that they do not have any ulterior motive, that they are immensely patriotic, that they are making a qurbani, a sacrifice to improve the country,” he added.

He further said, “On the 6th, which is (a) Saturday, they are calling people to Delhi so that we can demand the resignation of the Education Minister. Now, your and their reason could be the NEET paper leaks, or the CUET and CBSE exams, but for me, this is a bigger issue.”

Adding that he had been striving and fighting in the field of education for the last four decades, right after he finished engineering, when he did not see “anything changing”, he got disappointed and felt the “need to do something”.

While a developed India by 2047 was “very good” as an intention, it was contingent on the implementation of suitable policies and not “on mere desires alone”, Wangchuk said.

“So, if you look at the last three or four education ministers, Google it, see who came and what wonders they achieved. Looking at that, I do not feel that a developed India is going to happen,” Wangchuk said.

“Therefore, for these reasons, I want the resignation of the Education Minister. You are right, the leaking of the NEET papers is a huge matter, it is playing with the lives of millions of students. But what will happen next is a bigger question. So, to reform all of this, I would urge the Prime Minister that in any self-respecting country, in a democracy, any self-respecting education minister would resign if such things happen; if papers are leaked, and nothing is functioning properly,” he added.

“…if this does not happen even by June 5th, then out of compulsion, I too will join you all on 6th June to make this request in Delhi. So, I am coming to Delhi to join you all, and to join Dipke ji,” Wangchuk announced in the video.

Before ending the clip, he said, “Friends, I have always had a slogan: If not now, when? If not us, who? If not now, then when? And if not us, then who will bring change to India?”

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Prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday expressed solidarity with the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ (CJP), announcing that he would join its proposed protest seeking the sacking of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday June 6.

Wangchuk, in a video post, said, “I had asked the cockroaches, in my previous post, to prove, to convince (me) that this Cockroach Janta Party is an expression of the Indian youth and not a conspiracy by foreign powers.”

“After that…(CJP founder Abhijeet) Dipke ji established contact with me and shared data (regarding its support base) with me. When I spoke to him, I understood that they do not have any ulterior motive, that they are immensely patriotic, that they are making a qurbani, a sacrifice to improve the country,” he added.

He further said, “On the 6th, which is (a) Saturday, they are calling people to Delhi so that we can demand the resignation of the Education Minister. Now, your and their reason could be the NEET paper leaks, or the CUET and CBSE exams, but for me, this is a bigger issue.”

Adding that he had been striving and fighting in the field of education for the last four decades, right after he finished engineering, when he did not see “anything changing”, he got disappointed and felt the “need to do something”.

While a developed India by 2047 was “very good” as an intention, it was contingent on the implementation of suitable policies and not “on mere desires alone”, Wangchuk said.

“So, if you look at the last three or four education ministers, Google it, see who came and what wonders they achieved. Looking at that, I do not feel that a developed India is going to happen,” Wangchuk said.

“Therefore, for these reasons, I want the resignation of the Education Minister. You are right, the leaking of the NEET papers is a huge matter, it is playing with the lives of millions of students. But what will happen next is a bigger question. So, to reform all of this, I would urge the Prime Minister that in any self-respecting country, in a democracy, any self-respecting education minister would resign if such things happen; if papers are leaked, and nothing is functioning properly,” he added.

“…if this does not happen even by June 5th, then out of compulsion, I too will join you all on 6th June to make this request in Delhi. So, I am coming to Delhi to join you all, and to join Dipke ji,” Wangchuk announced in the video.

Before ending the clip, he said, “Friends, I have always had a slogan: If not now, when? If not us, who? If not now, then when? And if not us, then who will bring change to India?”