As Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka continue to be in jail, founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday made an emotional appeal to protestors and urged them to spend time with their families during the festive season.
Because of which we are putting up a fight, i can see that for the past few days, all of you have been struggling really hard on the streets, in personal life,. He added that the consequences were also faced by their families and requested everyone to spend time with them. “Hello cockroaches, how are you? I hope all of you are fine. Das and Ranka are lodged in Tihar Jail after they were arrested last week and sent to judicial custody for attempting to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar, which is now a de-notified protest cite. “For a few days, spend time with your families. The CJP leader also rejected comparisons between the outfit’s protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the violent unrest in France, Nepal and Bangladesh. “The people who have been doing this and that in France for the past few days, have some shame. Look at what is happening in India. He compared their approach to Gandhi’s satyagraha, saying they were enduring imprisonment while upholding non-violence.
Dipke took to X as he thanked protestors for their support during past agitations and said that everyone had gone through a tough time during the protests. And I can understand what you are going through,” he said in a video message. Be there with your families, be there with your loved ones,” he said, adding, “Please remember Sourav and Ashu when you are with your families, because they both can’t be with their families. So they are our family,” Dipke said in the social media post. He said Das and Ranka “went to jail happily” and chose “peace over hatred” while following Mahatma Gandhi’s path of satyagraha. In India, Sourav Das and Ashutosh went to jail with a smile,” he said. He said the CJP leaders had not resorted to violence despite being jailed and had accepted their imprisonment with a smile. Dipke said the two had chosen peace and compassion despite believing they were being wrongfully imprisoned.
A Delhi magistrate court on Monday extended their judicial custody by two more days as it said the two CJP leaders ‘showed no respect for law’.
