Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday reacted to the order of a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) involving the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
The SEM ordered the release of the CJP leaders after their five-day custody was extended by two more days on October 19. Das and Ranka were initially remanded to a five-day judicial custody on October 14 after being detained for entering the de-notified protest site of Jantar Mantar. After this, their custody was extended by two days on October 19 and was due to expire on Wednesday.
Follow live updates on the CJP news here . “Happy to follow your orders my leaders. Jaan hazir hai,” he added. The court was hearing a plea by the duo against the extension of their judicial custody. During the hearing, Justice Subramonium Prasad asked advocate Abhik Chimni, appearing for the petitioners, about their ages.
Dipke praised both Das and Ranka, describing them as “bigger leaders” than himself. Dipke said in a post on X, “Saurav and Ashu are not just better but much much bigger leaders than me. The CJP founder further said, “Lekin iske baad mere bina garden me koi akela nahi ghumega!!! (But after this, no one walks alone in the garden without me). The SEM’s order comes after the Delhi high court on Wednesday asked CJP leaders Das and Ranka their ages and told them they were “not Gen Z”.
“Then you are not Gen Z. What is Gen Z?” the court asked. Chimni told the court that Das was 27 and Ranka was 32, according to news agency ANI .
Earlier, the Opposition and the CJP staged a protest in the national capital demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
