The Cockroach Janta Party expressed solidarity with the INDIA bloc for its upcoming November 1 rally demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Opposition parties seem to have become more aggressive ahead of the Nov 1 rally, despite the CJP earlier becoming the primary mobilising force in the anti-CEC protests
This comes a day after Neha Bora distanced herself from the CJP protest call at Central Park amid her Delhi High Court plea against the ₹10,000 peace bond
These comments came after CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka appeared before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) just a day after they were released from Tihar jail after a week in judicial custody
The Delhi High Court is hearing the AISA chief's plea challenging a notice from a SEM court ordering her to furnish a personal bond of ₹10,000, in connection with her Oct 16 detention
CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been summoned by the Delhi Police Crime Branch for questioning regarding their unauthorised protest and flag unfurling at Jantar Mantar
The release order comes after the Delhi Police sought a three-day remand extension for Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka just days after an SEM hearing extended their previous five-day judicial custody remand by two more days
CJP activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka withdrew their petition from the Delhi High Court challenging the extension of their custody after the court advised them to await the outcome of ongoing SEM proceedings
This comes just hours after CJP legal head Ratna Singh alleged that the public prosecution had made just 'mere assumptions', and no proper arguments in the Oct 19 SEM hearing
Legal experts note that while peace bonds do not extinguish constitutional rights to peaceful assembly, breaches can result in arrest and detention under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
The development comes amid allegations by the CJP that the release of the two leaders is being delayed on “vague grounds”
CJP legal head Ratna Singh has flagged major delays by the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) hearing the bail plea of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Oct 18, adding that their four sureties were rejected with 'vague reasons'
'Priority will be given to matters pertaining to the use of pellet guns, targeted violence and harassment of female protestors, and excessive violence and destruction of property occasioned on either side,' an MHA statement said