The Cockroach Janta Party has done something that protest movements in India rarely manage: it has moved from anger to architecture.

In a significant shift from pure protest to policy, CJP has officially unveiled a Five-Point Examination Reform Charter — a detailed blueprint for overhauling India's national competitive examination system. The charter, developed by CJP's policy working group over several weeks, was formally presented at a press conference at the Jantar Mantar protest site.

"Pradhan's resignation is our immediate demand," said CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das. "But that is the beginning, not the end. Even if Pradhan goes tomorrow, India's students will still face the same broken, corrupt, unaccountable system. We are here to fix that system. This charter is how we propose to do it."

The Five Points

Point 1: Reconstitution of the National Testing Agency (NTA)

The charter calls for the immediate dissolution of the NTA in its current form and its reconstitution as a fully independent statutory body — on the model of the Election Commission of India — with multi-party parliamentary oversight, a fixed-term chairperson who cannot be removed by the government, and mandatory annual performance audits published in the public domain.

"The NTA as it exists today reports to the Education Ministry. It is not independent. It cannot be independent if the minister who oversees it is the same minister who has a political interest in its success or failure," Das said.

Point 2: Decentralised, Monitored Examination Infrastructure

CJP proposes mandatory examination centres in every district headquarters across India — not just in major cities — with real-time closed-circuit camera monitoring accessible via a public oversight portal. Question papers to be sealed at the examination centre level, with digital tamper-proof packaging, not at a central printing facility.

"The 2025-26 NEET paper leak happened because the paper existed as a physical document that was printed and distributed through a chain that had too many hands. Decentralisation and real-time monitoring break that chain," the charter states.

Point 3: Right to Information on Examination Results

Every student who appears for a national examination has the right to access their individual answer sheet, evaluated responses, and marks breakdown within 30 days of results — at no additional cost. This provision, already available in some state-level examinations, is proposed as a mandatory national standard.

"Transparency is the first defence against manipulation," said Dipke. "If every student can see exactly how they were marked, it becomes almost impossible to manipulate results at scale."

Point 4: An Independent Examination Ombudsman

A statutory Examination Ombudsman — a senior judicial officer, independent of the Education Ministry — to be established with powers to receive student grievances, order re-examinations, invalidate compromised results, and impose penalties on officials found responsible for irregularities. Decisions of the Ombudsman to be binding and subject only to High Court review.

Point 5: Parliamentary Accountability

The Education Minister to present an annual Examination Integrity Report to both Houses of Parliament, to be tabled before the start of each budget session. The report to include data on: number of examinations conducted, number of complaints received, number of cases of irregularity found, action taken, and caste-wise and income-wise breakdown of examination outcomes.

"We want the government to have to stand up in Parliament every year and answer these questions in public, on the record," Das said. "Not in a press release. In Parliament."

The Five Points at a Glance 1. Reconstitute NTA as independent statutory body 2. Decentralise exam centres with real-time public monitoring 3. RTI on all exam answer sheets within 30 days 4. Independent statutory Examination Ombudsman 5. Annual Examination Integrity Report tabled in Parliament

The Backstory: Written by Students, Not Policy Wonks

CJP has been deliberate about the origin of the charter. It was not drafted by a think tank or a party-affiliated policy cell. According to Das, it emerged from a series of "listening sessions" held at the Jantar Mantar site over the past three weeks, where students, parents, teachers, and examination experts were invited to speak.

"Every point in this charter comes from someone who sat in those sessions," Das said. "Point 3 — the right to see your answer sheet — came from a girl from Jharkhand who told us she got 30 marks less than she expected and had absolutely no way of knowing why. Point 4 — the ombudsman — came from a teacher from Bihar who had reported exam irregularities three times to the NTA and received zero response."

Dipke added: "This is not a wish list. Every point in this charter is technically feasible, financially realistic, and legally implementable within the existing constitutional framework. We are not asking for anything radical. We are asking for basic, democratic accountability."

Response from the Political World

Multiple opposition parties have welcomed the charter. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate called it "a serious and detailed document that any responsible government should engage with immediately." DMK MP T.K.S. Elangovan said Tamil Nadu was already implementing some similar provisions at the state level and endorsed CJP's push for a national framework.

BJP has not responded to the charter's content. The party has not addressed CJP's policy proposals at any point during the protest, limiting its public statements to dismissals of the movement as "politically motivated disruption."

Analysts say the charter shifts the burden of engagement back to the government. "It is now harder for the BJP to say 'what do these people actually want?'" said political commentator Asha Kumaravel. "They have said what they want. In writing. In five clear points. The question is whether the government will respond."