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'Saurav, Ashu much bigger leaders than me': Abhijeet Dipke on CJP members' release
CJP's Dipke, in a post on X, praised both Das and Ranka, asserting that he was “happy to follow” their orders.
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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.
Dipke praised both Das and Ranka, describing them as "bigger leaders" than himself. Follow live updates on the CJP news here.
The SEM ordered the release of the CJP leaders after their five-day custody was extended by two more days on October 19.
Dipke said in a post on X, "Saurav and Ashu are not just better but much much bigger leaders than me."
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"Happy to follow your orders my leaders. Jaan hazir hai," he added.
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)."
Earlier on Tuesday, Dipke posted a video on his Instagram handle addressing claims that he was blaming Ranka and Das to protect himself.
Clarifying his earlier remarks, Dipke had said his statement about the CJP leaders was misconstrued by online trolls. He stated that he has no shame in admitting when someone is better than him.
What is the case about?
Das and Ranka were initially remanded to five days' 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.
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‘You’re not Gen Z': Delhi HC to Das, Ranka
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".
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.
Chimni told the court that Das was 27 and Ranka was 32, according to news agency ANI.
"Then you are not Gen Z. What is Gen Z?" the court asked.
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Delhi protests
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.
