'No connection with youth': Goa CM Sawant defends state BJP chief's 'cockroaches' post amid student protests in Delhi

Goa CM Pramod Sawant defended state BJP president Narendra Sawaikar's 'cockroaches' social media post, denying it targeted the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests in Delhi.

The CJP was launched after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant's alleged 'cockroaches' remark about unemployed youth and is demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the NEET (UG) paper leak.

Sawaikar posted an image of India's map infested with termites and cockroaches with the message 'Cockroaches with the termites! Save the nation!'

Opposition parties, including Congress, alleged the post was aimed at the CJP-led sit-in and demanded an apology; hundreds protested in Panaji against Sawaikar's post.

Sawant claimed the words in the post had 'no connection with the youth' and accused opposition of politicizing the issue.