New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) A delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will meet with government ministers on Friday, sources said.
The meeting will take place at 12.30 pm, but its venue has not been disclosed.
This comes after intense backroom negotiations to end the deadlock over the NEET paper leak, the sources said.
The CJP has been staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar here over the NEET paper leak, demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and an overhaul of education system.
Union minister J P Nadda said the government is ready for further talks with the protesting youth which can be held either at his office or residence.
Two representatives of CJP on Monday held first round of talks with Nadda at his residence where they placed their demands, including resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Asked if the government is ready for another round of talks with the CJP, Nadda told reporters in the Parliament House complex, “Yes, we are ready”.
“They can come either to my residence or my office,” he said when asked about the venue of meeting.
Earlier in the day, Nadda invited the CJP for talks, but its leaders turned down the proposal, according to sources.
On Wednesday too, the CJP had been invited for talks with Nadda, but it turned down the invitation, saying it will hold talks with the government only at a neutral venue.
“An invitation was sent to the CJP by J P Nadda for talks today, but those sitting on the stage at the protest site turned down the invitation,” a source told PTI.
Addressing a press briefing at the Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, where the CJP has been camping since last month demanding accountability over the NEET paper ‘leak’ and resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, its chief spokesperson Saurav Das said police informed that Nadda invited them to his residence for a discussion.
“We refused to go to anyone’s house or office. The people’s court is here. Ministers should come among the people. If they want to talk, it should be held at the Jantar Mantar,” Das said.
He, however, said the CJP remains open to dialogue and is willing to consider a neutral venue near the protest site if there are security concerns. (PTI)
