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India's 'cockroach' protest continues a day after police crackdown
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BBC News - India
The government did not engage with the demonstrators until Monday when Health Minister JP Nadda met some CJP leaders to hear their demands.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of tens of thousands of people turning up from all over the country to participate in the CJP's call to march to parliament on the opening day of the monsoon session.
Nadda, who is also a senior leader of the ruling BJP, said: "The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere.
Around the time the protesters were meeting Nadda, police and paramilitary forces moved in to clear Jantar Mantar.
An announcement repeatedly made on a loudspeakers warned the protesters to "leave now, this protest is over".