The CJP protest has become India's biggest student movement in years due to…

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Multiple major outlets describe the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests over exam paper leaks and exam irregularities as one of the largest or biggest youth or student mobilizations India has seen in years, and they consistently trace the movement’s origin and core grievances to repeated leaks and mismanagement of high‑stakes exams such as NEET-UG.[1][3][5][8][11][16][18] While phrasing varies slightly—“biggest youth challenge to Modi since he came to power,” “one of the largest student mobilizations in recent years,” and “one of the biggest confrontations of an emerging, youth-led movement”—they all support the characterization that this is a major, nationwide student movement of unusual scale in the last several years, rooted in anger over exam paper leaks and related irregularities.[3][5][17][18] No credible sources dispute either the movement’s scale relative to recent student protests or that exam leaks are its primary trigger, though the protests have broadened to include demands around jobs and structural education reform.[1][5][11][18]

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Checked July 25, 2026 · we'll re-check as this develops