Pradhan quits, CJP ends 36-day protest, but crackdown claims, a contested pellet-gun record and a Supreme Court plea keep it alive

The Cockroach Janta Party’s stand-off with the Modi government appeared to end on July 25, when Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and CJP called off its 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar. Over the following days, the truce came under strain from several directions at once: CJP accused state governments of detaining protesters despite Centre assurances, a Bihar policeman was caught on video firing an AK-47, a police diary entry contradicted Delhi Police’s own public denial that p