At the stir, the 59-year-old activist said that demand for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s removal was “only the beginning”, adding that the larger goal was to reform the Indian education system.

Abhijeet Dipke’s CJP is increasingly drawing comparisons to the India Against Corruption movement that propelled Arvind Kejriwal into national prominence. With campaigns centred on NEET, CBSE and exam transparency, can CJP evolve into a broader movement for accountability and systemic reform?

The TMC restructuring comes at a time when the party is suffering its worst crisis since its formation in 1998. Earlier this week, West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Nath Bose recognised 58 rebel TMC MLAs as the main opposition party in the 294-member House.