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Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray Backs CJP Protest, Supports Sonam Wangchuk Over NEET Irregularities

· Free Press Journal

Mumbai [India], July 13: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday extended support to the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, backing climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke over their demands related to alleged examination irregularities and the NEET paper leak controversy.

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Addressing a press conference, Thackeray said the issue was not political but concerned the future of the country's youth, urging people and political parties to come together to raise their voice.

"We need to stay awake. Sleeping won't work. The situation in the country is very strange. This is not a political issue. This is about the country. The country needs to wake up. That is why all political parties should come together for this," Thackeray said.

Support for Wangchuk and protestors

Extending his support to Wangchuk, who joined the CJP protesters at Jantar Mantar and sat on an indefinite hunger strike, Thackeray said the "government was insensitive" towards genuine concerns.

"Today, during this press conference, I am giving my full support to Sonam Wangchuk. Sonam Wangchuk's health is also not well. We need people like him," he said.

Thackeray said he had earlier requested Wangchuk not to go on a hunger strike, alleging that the government was not paying attention to public concerns.

"Sonam Wangchuk had come to meet me. That person was labelled a traitor. I requested Sonam ji not to go on a hunger strike. This government doesn't care about anything," he said.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief also referred to past protests related to environmental issues, saying some people had sacrificed their lives while fighting for causes such as the protection of the Ganga.

"Some people had gone on a hunger strike for Mother Ganga, and they even died," he said.

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Comments on NEET paper leak controversy

Speaking about the NEET paper leak controversy, Thackeray said Maharashtra had become a centre of the alleged irregularities and questioned the lack of action against those responsible.

"Maharashtra has done tremendous work for the country. But even our roads have potholes. The issue I have raised today has been going on for a month. Abhijit Dipake has claimed that some people will send goons to disrupt their protest on the 20th," he said.

"What is the harm in removing Dharmendra Pradhan, because of whom the future of lakhs of students is being ruined? Maharashtra became the centre for the NEET paper leak. No one cares about what is happening in the country," he added.

Thackeray also announced that his party would continue to support Wangchuk and Dipke, who have been raising concerns over examination issues.

He said he would not ask everyone to participate in the proposed march to Parliament on July 20, but urged citizens to support the protesting youth.

"I will not say that everyone should participate in the march on the 20th. Wherever I am, from there itself, we should support these youth. These youth are moving forward without any flag," Thackeray said.

He added that he would also participate and appealed to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and others to join the cause.

"I will also go. Rahul Gandhi ji should also go. All those who have faith in the country's youth should go. People across the entire country should come out on the streets and support them," he said.

Thackeray further said that his party MPs would raise the issue during the Parliament session.

"Our MPs will also raise this issue strongly in the Parliament session," he said.

He also claimed that Abhijeet Dipke had raised the NEET paper leak issue even abroad, but there was a limited response within the country.

"Abhijit Dipake raised his voice about the NEET exam paper leak even in America, but no one in our country raised their voice," Thackeray said.

"I had sent Arvind Sawant to speak with Sonam Wangchuk. Now the time has come for people in the country to set aside their party agendas and speak up on this issue. Today, I openly declare my support for Sonam Wangchuk and Abhijit Dipake. I request all my MPs to also extend their support," he added.

Ongoing CJP protest and demands

The CJP has been holding a prolonged protest at Jantar Mantar since June 20, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities, particularly the NEET paper leak controversy. The group has announced a march to Parliament on July 20.

Wangchuk joined the protesters at Jantar Mantar and began an indefinite hunger strike, drawing support from several political leaders and public figures.

Opposition parties have been demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, including the NEET-UG controversy and issues concerning the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Meanwhile, a Delhi court recently extended the judicial custody of 13 accused in the NEET-UG paper leak case till July 24.

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‘Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill made eerie comments about dying 3 years before ‘sudden’ death

· NY Post

Neill shared his thoughts about dying during his years-long cancer battle. The actor was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in 2022.

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Charlie Kirk's close friend calls for death penalty for convicted assassins

· Fox News

PROVO, Utah — Charlie Kirk's close friend Jack Posobiec called Friday for convicted assassins to face the death penalty after spending five days in a Utah courtroom watching prosecutors present what he described as "an avalanche of evidence" against the man accused of murdering the Turning Point USA founder last year.

"I think the death penalty should be sought for any assassin," Posobiec, a senior editor at Human Events and former Navy intelligence officer, told reporters outside the Fourth District Courthouse in Provo, Utah, Friday. "I think assassins are a cancer on society itself."

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Such a change would require lawmakers to expand the aggravating factors that make murder cases eligible for the death penalty. Under current laws in the federal system and the 27 states that have capital punishment, assassination cases aren't automatically death penalty eligible.

WHY POLITICAL ASSASSINATION CASES AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY DEATH PENALTY ELIGIBLE

"Specifically political assassinations, but really any assassination — it's an attack on our rights as free people," Posobiec said. "It's an attack on our rights under the First Amendment. It's an attack on our very way of life as Americans and as Americans, you have to provide the utmost penalty for someone who attacks our very bedrock way of life."

Kirk's murder during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Sept. 10, 2025, is one of two major assassination cases making their way through court at present. Months before Kirk's death, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down from behind outside a New York City hotel hours before he was supposed to attend a business conference with Wall Street investors.

The suspect in that case, Luigi Mangione, would no longer face the potential death penalty if convicted after his lawyers successfully outmaneuvered federal prosecutors, who could not use the alleged assassination itself as an aggravating factor under current law.

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He is accused of writing anti-insurance industry messages on casings recovered from the crime scene. Robinson is accused of following suit — engraving cartridges with memes and Antifa-inspired phrases.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all charges in New York, where there is no death penalty, and at the federal level.

Robinson has not yet entered a plea and isn't expected to do so until at least September, when Judge Tony Graf Jr. rules on whether there's enough evidence to send the case to trial.

Posobiec, who attended all five days of the hearing, agreed with prosecutors who said they had "overwhelming" and "devastating" evidence against the defendant.

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"This isn't just a document that says Tyler Robinson did it," he told reporters.

Prosecutors showed a video interview with Robinson's former lover and roommate, Lance Twiggs, who alleged the suspect made multiple confessions.

They heard testimony about DNA consistent with Robinson's being found on items at the crime scene, including the suspected murder weapon and the ammo inside, which were recovered in the woods near campus — more than 250 miles from his home in southern Utah.

Toolmark evidence allegedly linked an engraved cartridge casing found in Robinson's apartment to the same Dremel tool investigators assert was used to engrave cartridges and a spent casing recovered at the crime scene.

TYLER ROBINSON HEARING: TOP MOMENTS FROM EXPLOSIVE LANCE TWIGGS INTERVIEW PLAYED IN COURT

Investigators testified that a suspect and vehicle on campus surveillance video were Robinson and his Dodge Challenger. The video allegedly showed Robinson following the same path twice — in different outfits. During the second visit, the suspect is shown walking with a distinctive, limp-like gait, as he is alleged to be walking with a rifle concealed down his pant leg.

He allegedly made contact with Turning Point USA members before the shooting and with a Spanish Fork police officer afterward.

And he allegedly claimed responsibility for the crime in text messages and a handwritten note to Twiggs, a conversation with his parents and a Discord chat with multiple people.

Posobiec contrasted the evidence presented against Robinson over the course of a week to the case against Bryan Kohberger, where prosecutors had little more than a touch DNA sample on a Ka-Bar knife sheath the quadruple murderer dropped at the crime scene, along with some circumstantial phone data and the description of a suspect vehicle.

But Kohberger pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, Posobiec noted.

"You compare that minimal amount of evidence to this avalanche — and there has been an avalanche of evidence," he said.

Robinson is due back in court on Sept. 1 for oral arguments on whether his case should be bound over — or sent to trial.

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