Delhi protest LIVE: Das, Ranka to be produced before executive magistrate soon, says CJP
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh claimed Das, Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde had been “arrested”, while the cops said they had been placed under preventive arrest.
Delhi protest LIVE: The Cockroach Janta Party early on Wednesday morning said its co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, as well as its organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde, would be produced before a special executive magistrate before 7 am....Read More
This came after the Delhi Police said the three had been placed under preventive arrest, after CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh claimed they had been “arrested.” 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.
‘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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 08:36:45 AM IST
Delhi protest LIVE: ‘Nothing can break their spirits,’ says Dipke after CJP leaders' preventive arrest
Cockroaches @AjinkyaCJP, @AshutoshRanka & @SauravDassss inside the parliament street police station. Nothing can break their spirits. What a cool picture @whattalawyer https://t.co/aMtdwZb9Ip
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) October 13, 2026Delhi 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.”
- 14 Oct 2026, 08:09:15 AM IST
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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 08:06:26 AM IST
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.
- 14 Oct 2026, 07:37:56 AM IST
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP leaders' ‘arrest illegal, sections irrelevant,’ says CJP legal affairs head
VIDEO | Delhi: Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde's arrest is illegal, sections irrelevant as no crime of such kind happened, says CJP legal team head Ratna Singh. #CJP #DelhiPolice (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/HAd8pxAXmS
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 14, 2026Delhi 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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 07:22:16 AM IST
Delhi protest LIVE: Das, Ranka, Shinde likely to be produced before SEM at Mandir Marg Police Station
VIDEO | Delhi: CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde taken into preventive custody, likely to be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate at Mandir Marg Police Station. Visuals from outside the police station. #CJP #DelhiPolice (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 14, 2026Delhi 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.
- 14 Oct 2026, 07:14:34 AM IST
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP lawyers say haven't received copy of FIR against Das, Ranka
VIDEO | Delhi: FIR filed against CJP members Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde in Connaught Place police station, haven't received its copy till now, say lawyers of CJP. #CJP #JantarMantar #DelhiPolice (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/h7Jfclz1w1
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 14, 2026Delhi 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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 07:08:52 AM IST
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.
- 14 Oct 2026, 07:05:35 AM IST
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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 06:58:28 AM IST
Delhi protest LIVE: CJP legal affairs head shares photograph of Das, Ranka and Shinde at Parliament Street Police Station
At Parliament Street Police Station now. https://t.co/6wxWXvoMFv
— Ratna Singh (@whattalawyer) October 13, 2026Delhi 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.
- 14 Oct 2026, 06:49:36 AM IST
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.
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- 14 Oct 2026, 06:47:54 AM IST
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.