AISA to conduct campaign for Pradhan’s resignation

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Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination-related lapses.
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All India Students’ Association (AISA) on Wednesday announced a campaign ‘Cockroaches on the streets’, where they will be campaigning across locations in Delhi for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA) amid controversies and irregularities in the conduct of examinations.

The poster for the campaign comes days after AISA joined a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which has called itself a ‘political movement’. While AISA has not declared its support for the party yet, it has said it is in solidarity with the cause of the protests being conducted by the CJP which are asking for the resignation of the Education Minister.

The CJP is conducting nationwide protests from June 11, starting with a protest in Pune. Its first protest was held in Delhi at Jantar Mantar last weekend. AISA’s campaign will also kick off on June 11 and continue till June 18. The campaigning, which will include distribution of pamphlets and speaking to students about their concerns, will take place in areas such as Delhi University’s North Campus, Hauz Khas, Mukherjee Nagar among other areas.

Meanwhile, Joint Forum for Movement on Education (JFME), which represents teachers, students, parents, from multiple universities and colleges, conducted a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, calling for the resignation of the Education Minister, dismantling the NTA, rolling back the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, and complete physical re-evaluation of CBSE Class 12 answer sheets without any extra charges.

“In the wake of these catastrophic failures, the government’s response has been nothing short of an insulting charade. Instead of accepting and addressing the deep systemic rot, officials have vehemently denied or offered tokenistic damage control, sacrificing low-level scapegoats and ordering re-evaluation or re-tests, leaving the corrupt foundation completely intact,” read a statement issued by the JFME.

Published – June 11, 2026 01:25 am IST

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Education Minister On Manusmriti In Law College

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There was a row over the reported proposal to teach Manusmriti to law students of Delhi University

New Delhi:

Amid a row over the proposal to teach Manusmriti to law students of Delhi University, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said “there is no question of including any controversial portion of any script in the curriculum”.

While noting that Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh had rejected the proposal to teach Manusmriti to law students on Thursday itself, Pradhan said the government is committed to upholding the true spirit of the Constitution.

“Yesterday, some information came to us that Manusmriti will be part of Law Faculty course (in DU). I enquired and talked to Delhi University Vice Chancellor. He assured me that some law faculty member have proposed some changes in the jurisprudence chapter,” Pradhan told reporters in Hyderabad.

“There is no endorsement of any such proposal in the Academic Council. Yesterday itself, the Vice Chancellor rejected that proposal. We all are committed to our Constitution, to futuristic approach. Government is committed to upholding the true spirit and letter of Constitution. There is no question of including any controversial portion of any script,” he said.

A proposal to teach Manusmriti (Laws of Manu) to Delhi University’s LLB students was slated to be discussed in a meeting of its Academic Council on Friday, a move which drew criticism from a section of teachers.

The Faculty of Law had sought approval from the highest decision-making body of the Delhi University (DU) to revise the syllabus of its first and third-year students to teach them Manusmriti.

The changes in the syllabus of the jurisprudence paper pertained to semesters one and six of LLB.

According to the revisions, two readings on Manusmriti — Manusmriti with the Manubhasya of Medhatithi by G N Jha and Commentary of Manu Smriti – Smritichandrika by T Kristnasawmi Iyer — were proposed to be introduced for the students.

The varsity’s Vice-chancellor had on Thursday clarified that the suggestions have been rejected and the students will not be taught the manuscript.

“A proposal by the Faculty of Law was submitted to the Delhi University. In the proposal, they had suggested changes in the paper titled Jurisprudence. One of the changes was to include readings on Manusmriti. We have rejected both the suggested readings and the amendments proposed by the Faculty. Nothing of this sort will be taught to students,” Singh had said in a video message shared by the varsity.

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