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Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Hiding behind cowardly tactics,’ says Dipke as Das, Ranka sent to 5-day judicial custody
Delhi protest LIVE: Das, Ranka and others were detained after they entered the Jantar Mantar early on Tuesday morning, a day after the site was denotified as a protest venue
- 17 Sec agoAAP MLA Atishi says Das, Ranka being sent to five-day judicial custody ‘shocking’
- 2 Mins agoVideo shows CJP's Das, Ranka being brought out of Mandir Marg Police Station
- 4 Mins ago‘We have a common cause,’ says Dipke on INDIA bloc; denies any future political course for CJP
- 12 Mins ago‘Government has begun using its system and misusing its powers,’ claims CJP's Shinde
- 14 Mins ago‘They are entering the jail with their heads held high,’ says CJP's Ajinkya Shinde on Saurav Das, Ranka's five-day judicial custody
- 18 Mins ago‘Will exercise our legal rights and follow legal procedure,’ says CJP counsel
- 21 Mins agoWhat did the Delhi Police argue before the executive magistrate?
- 26 Mins ago‘This is dictatorship,’ says AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj after Das, Ranka sent to judicial custody
- 29 Mins agoCJP's Ajinkya Shinde released on personal bond; Das, Ranka sent to judicial custody, says Ratna Singh
- 35 Mins ago‘Hiding behind cowardly tactics,’ says Dipke after Das, Ranka sent to 5-day judicial custody
- 45 Mins agoSaurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to five-day judicial custody, CJP founder Dipke claims
- 51 Mins ago‘Preventive arrest of CJP leaders bizarre,’ says NCP(SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande
- 55 Mins ago‘Delhi Police is acting arbitrarily in the current climate,’ claims CJP's legal affairs head
- 1 Hr 6 Mins ago‘Nothing can break their spirits,’ says Dipke after CJP leaders' preventive arrest
- 1 Hr 34 Mins ago‘Monologue, not a press conference,’ Congress leader Pawan Khera on Amit Shah's remarks
- 1 Hr 36 Mins ago'Rahul Gandhi's anarchic antics have now been criticised widely,' claims BJP leader CR Kesavan
- 7:37 AM IST, Oct 14CJP leaders' ‘arrest illegal, sections irrelevant,’ says CJP legal affairs head
- 7:22 AM IST, Oct 14Das, Ranka, Shinde likely to be produced before SEM at Mandir Marg Police Station
- 7:14 AM IST, Oct 14CJP lawyers say haven't received copy of FIR against Das, Ranka
- 7:08 AM IST, Oct 14Rahul tells Opposition leaders to ‘be ready to mobilise in 24 hours,’ says report
- 7:05 AM IST, Oct 14What is the case registered against Das, Ranka and Shinde?
- 6:58 AM IST, Oct 14CJP legal affairs head shares photograph of Das, Ranka and Shinde at Parliament Street Police Station
- 6:49 AM IST, Oct 14Why were the CJP leaders detained?
- 6:47 AM IST, Oct 14CJP claims Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka arrested after Jantar Mantar breach, Delhi Police calls it preventive
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody on Wednesday. This came hours after CJP's legal affairs head Ratna Singh had said they were to be produced before a special executive magistrate (SEM). Meanwhile, CJP national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde was released on personal bond, Singh said....Read More
The Delhi Police earlier on Wednesday said the three had been placed under preventive arrest. Das, Ranka and Shinde were detained after they entered the Jantar Mantar early on Tuesday morning, a day after the site was denotified as a protest venue.
What did the Delhi Police argue before the executive magistrate?
According to the CJP counsel, advocate Abhisht Hela, the Delhi Police argued before the SEM that both Das and Ranka had given a call and asked people to reach at Jantar Mantar, thereby carrying out criminal trespass. The cops also flagged a previous bond signed by the accused before an SEM at Delhi Cantt Police Station on Sunday to not carry out any breach of peace, and cited its violation.
Hela said the police had argued that “there was a presumption that the accused might carry out a crime” if they are released. Hela maintained that Das and Ranka had not violated the bond signed earlier, and said they had not “given any call.”
‘No parallel protests, one singular protest’: Rahul Gandhi during meeting of INDIA bloc leaders, student activists
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had called leaders of the INDIA bloc, civil society members and activists for tea at his residence on Tuesday. During the meeting, he said, “We are all standing here together as one. As I said yesterday, there are no parallel protests, there is one singular protest and the protest has one mission -- ‘restoration of democracy in India.’”
“The one method of expression of democracy was Jantar Mantar, and now, the government has decided that Jantar Mantar can no longer be used to express democratic feelings. Well, we are going to challenge that idea,” he said, according to PTI news agency.
‘Prepare once again for a crushing defeat in 2029’: Amit Shah slams Opposition
Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed the Opposition. “I want to tell Shri Rahul ji and his associates to prepare themselves once again for a crushing defeat in 2029. In the 2029 general elections, the NDA is going to win with a resounding majority, and the Congress is going to face defeat for the fourth consecutive time,” he said.
The union home minister listed Congress' poll losses over the years, and also called for Rahul to “introspect”. “For 33 years, no Congress Chief Minister has won in Tripura. In Bengal, the Congress party has not achieved a victory for 54 years. In states like Bengal, Tripura, and Gujarat, the Congress party has faced defeat for three, four, or even five decades. I want to ask Shri Rahul Gandhi directly: is this the result of the SIR? The SIR only came into effect after 2024,” Shah said.
Congress MP KC Venugopal countered the criticism. “Heights of irony that Vote Chor Amit Shah is celebrating an election victory - when the whole problem is how they are destroying our electoral system. Amit Shah is already speaking about 2029, clearly he also knows that Modi’s position is unstable,” Venugopal said in a post on X.
Delhi protest LIVE: AAP MLA Atishi says Das, Ranka being sent to five-day judicial custody ‘shocking’
Delhi protest LIVE: After CJP's Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody, AAP MLA Atishi, in a post on X, called the development “shocking.”
“Modi ji: this is even worse than the Emergency ever was!” Atishi claimed.
Delhi protest LIVE: Video shows CJP's Das, Ranka being brought out of Mandir Marg Police Station
Delhi protest LIVE: A video by ANI news agency showed CJP spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka being brought out of the Mandir Marg Police Station in police vehicles.
The two have been sent to five-day judicial custody.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘We have a common cause,’ says Dipke on INDIA bloc; denies any future political course for CJP
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday said the INDIA bloc and Cockroach Janta Party had a “common cause.” “We all have a common cause and are fighting against Gyanesh Kumar…” Dipke said, according to ANI news agency.
He shut down any political registration for the outfit. “..Cockroach Janta Party is an independent pressure group and it will always be an independent pressure group. But it doesn't mean that we are against the INDIA bloc. Our and the INDIA bloc's agitations are for a common cause,” Dipke said.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Government has begun using its system and misusing its powers,’ claims CJP's Shinde
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP's Ajinkya Shinde on Wednesday claimed the government was “misusing its powers to violate the fundamental rights of the people of this country.”
Shinde was detained along with Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they climbed over a locked gate to enter the Jantar Mantar, a day after it was denotified as a protest venue.
“Today was Ashutosh’s birthday, and on his birthday, he has been sent to jail for raising the slogan of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and waving the Tricolour,” Shinde said, according to PTI news agency. He added, “I appeal to everyone that we must come together to bring an end to this dictatorial government. I would also like to say that if the government thinks that sending our two leaders, Ashutosh and Saurav, to jail for five days will frighten them, it is absolutely mistaken.”
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘They are entering the jail with their heads held high,’ says CJP's Ajinkya Shinde on Saurav Das, Ranka's five-day judicial custody
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde, who was released on personal bond on Wednesday, said the outfit's co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka had told him that they were “entering the jail with their heads held high.” “They have told the people of the country that they will not be afraid,” PTI news agency cited Shinde as saying.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Will exercise our legal rights and follow legal procedure,’ says CJP counsel
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP's counsel advocate Abhisht Hela said whether the outfit would file for bail “is a matter of our legal rights.” “We do not want to disclose all those details because there are other aspects as well. We will exercise our legal rights and follow the legal procedure. Whatever happens, you will be informed,” Hela told reporters on Wednesday, according to PTI news agency.
Delhi protest LIVE: What did the Delhi Police argue before the executive magistrate?
Delhi protest LIVE: According to the CJP counsel, advocate Abhisht Hela, the Delhi Police argued before the special executive magistrate that both Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka had given a call and asked people to reach at Jantar Mantar, thereby carrying out criminal trespass. The cops also flagged a previous bond signed by the accused before an SEM at Delhi Cantt Police Station on Sunday to not carry out any breach of peace, and cited its violation.
Hela said the police had argued that “there was a presumption that the accused might carry out a crime” if they are released.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘This is dictatorship,’ says AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj after Das, Ranka sent to judicial custody
Delhi protest LIVE: Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday reacted to CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka being sent to five-day judicial custody.
“Saurabh Das & Ashutosh Ranka sent to 5-days judicial custody for waving Tiranga at Jantar Mantar. This is DICTATORSHIP,” Bharadwaj said in a post on X.
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP's Ajinkya Shinde released on personal bond; Das, Ranka sent to judicial custody, says Ratna Singh
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP's legal affairs head Ratna Singh has said that the outfit's national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde had been released on personal bond, while Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody.
In a post on X, Singh said, “Same grounds of arrest. Got to know that SEM has track record of punishing protesters. Coward Sarkar.” Das, Ranka and Shinde were detained after they entered the Jantar Mantar early on Tuesday morning, a day after the site was denotified as a protest venue.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Hiding behind cowardly tactics,’ says Dipke after Das, Ranka sent to 5-day judicial custody
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday claimed the authorities were “hiding behind cowardly tactics” after Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody.
“Ashu and Saurav have been sent to 5 days judicial custody. Their fault? Unfurling tricolour at Jantar Mantar. Show some guts, @narendramodi. If you’re so determined to crush dissent, have the courage to officially declare an Emergency instead of hiding behind these cowardly tactics,” Dipke said in a post on X.
Delhi protest LIVE: Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to five-day judicial custody
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody on Wednesday.
This came hours after CJP's legal affairs head Ratna Singh had said they were to be produced before a special executive magistrate.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Preventive arrest of CJP leaders bizarre,’ says NCP(SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande
Delhi protest LIVE: NCP(SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande on Wednesday called the preventive arrest of CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde “bizarre.”
“What is the actual complaint? Trespassing, filed by the JD(U)? Nitish Kumar ji is someone who emerged from student movements, he was a part of the JP movement and follows the ideals of Ram Manohar Lohia. Does he really support this trespassing FIR against young people who were simply trying to wave the national flag at Jantar Mantar?” Gawande told PTI news agency.
“If he does, it is truly a sad day for the JD(U) and an even sadder day for Indian democracy,” Gawande added.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Delhi Police is acting arbitrarily in the current climate,’ claims CJP's legal affairs head
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP's legal affairs head, following the preventive arrest of Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde, accused the Delhi Police of “acting arbitrarily.”
“We are currently witnessing the Delhi Police operating according to a specific 'rulebook', one dictated by orders from above. They set the law aside to follow this rulebook,” Singh told ANI news agency.
“It has been nearly 24 hours, yet they have not been allowed to meet any lawyers, nor have they been initially informed of the grounds for their detention or arrest. While the grounds for arrest were eventually disclosed, the issue remains that the Delhi Police is acting arbitrarily in the current climate,” Singh said.
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Nothing can break their spirits,’ says Dipke after CJP leaders' preventive arrest
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke early on Wednesday shared a photograph of the organisation's members Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde at the Parliament Street Police Station.
“Cockroaches @AjinkyaCJP, @AshutoshRanka & @SauravDassss inside the parliament street police station. Nothing can break their spirits,” Dipke said in a post on X, calling it a “cool picture.”
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Monologue, not a press conference,’ Congress leader Pawan Khera on Amit Shah's remarks
Delhi protest LIVE: Congress leader Pawan Khera responded to Union home minister Amit Shah's remarks on Tuesday. “It was a monologue, not a press conference. They are so confident about their hold over the Election Commission of India and electoral rolls that they arrogantly predict the 2029 election results without thinking about voters,” Khera claimed, according to PTI news agency.
“We demand ballot papers, Gyanesh Kumar's removal, suspension of SIR, restoration of 13.8 crore votes to electoral rolls and repeal of the law granting him lifelong immunity. The country's institutions need to be rescued from their clutches,” Khera told PTI.
Delhi protest LIVE: 'Rahul Gandhi's anarchic antics have now been criticised widely,' claims BJP leader CR Kesavan
Delhi protest LIVE: BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan has said that Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holding a joint press conference with Prashant Bhushan, “who had alarmingly claimed that the only option was bloodshed, blatantly exposes Rahul Gandhi's dangerous inclination to somehow grab power by hook or crook.”
“Rahul Gandhi's anarchic antics have now been criticised widely across our nation. They have unmasked Rahul Gandhi's utter contempt for our Constitutional values,” Kesavan said, according to ANI news agency.
“Whether it is shoving aside a vulnerable journalist or inappropriately manhandling a Police personnel, shunting and insulting an elected CM or brutally punching people, Rahul Gandhi has demonstrated that he will go to any extent to occupy centre stage and peddle his pernicious and divisive agenda,” he claimed.
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leaders' ‘arrest illegal, sections irrelevant,’ says CJP legal affairs head
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh said Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde's “arrests” were “illegal”, claiming that the sections against them were “irrelevant as no crime of such kind had happened”, PTI news agency reported.
Delhi protest LIVE: Das, Ranka, Shinde likely to be produced before SEM at Mandir Marg Police Station
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde will likely be produced before a special executive magistrate at the Mandir Marg Police Station soon.
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP lawyers say haven't received copy of FIR against Das, Ranka
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP lawyers late on Tuesday said they had not received a copy of the FIR against CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde, PTI news agency reported.
Delhi protest LIVE: Rahul tells Opposition leaders to ‘be ready to mobilise in 24 hours,’ says report
Delhi protest LIVE: Addressing the press after hosting Opposition leaders, student activists and civil society members for high tea at his residence, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi told all present that their outfits should be “ready to mobilise” within 24 hours, if needed, Indian Express reported.
Delhi protest LIVE: What is the case registered against Das, Ranka and Shinde?
Delhi protest LIVE: The Delhi Police has registered a case against Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde. The charges include trespassing, violation of prohibitory orders, breach of a peace bond and obstructing a public servant from discharging official duties, PTI news agency cited sources as saying.
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP legal affairs head shares photograph of Das, Ranka and Shinde at Parliament Street Police Station
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh, early on Wednesday, shared a photograph of Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde at the Parliament Street Police Station.
Singh had earlier claimed that the three had been “released from Jaffarpura Police Station”. “…The police have not informed us where they are being taken. Why is there such a lack of transparency?” Singh said in a post on X. “This kind of secretive conduct raises serious concerns. We all have left from there with the bus,” Singh added.
Singh later said that the three would be produced before an SEM.
Delhi protest LIVE: Why were the CJP leaders detained?
Delhi protest LIVE: Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde along with other CJP volunteers had entered Jantar Mantar by jumping the locked gates on Tuesday, a day after the site lost its designated protest venue status.
Ranka shared a video of the incident on his X handle, showing Das and him, along with outfit's national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde, climbing the locked gates and entering the venue before police personnel present there intervened and took hold of them. Ranka also displayed the Tricolour at the venue, before Delhi Police detained the CJP leaders.
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP claims Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka arrested after Jantar Mantar breach, Delhi Police calls it preventive
Delhi protest LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party has claimed that its co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been arrested, following the Jantar Mantar breach on Tuesday morning.
However, the Delhi Police said they were placing the CJP leaders, including Ajinkya Shinde, “under preventive arrest”, ANI news agency reported. CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh, in an update early on Wednesday, said Das, Ranka and Shinde will likely be produced before a special executive magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station before 7 am.
