3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 27, 2026 05:19 PM IST
The Cockroach Janata Party’s national spokesperson, Ashutosh Ranka in a post in X said that there has been a “complete breach of the agreement regarding no police action against the protestors.”
Citing that there have been multiple reports on the detention and arrest of volunteers supporting protestors and that “hundreds of students” had been arrested in Bihar and Bengal, and hundreds more were being harassed in Delhi , he has demanded that all FIRs against the protestors “be immediately withdrawn, students be released and no future FIRs be filed (in line with our agreement) by Delhi police / Central investigative agencies / Police in BJP-allied states.”
Dear @JPNadda @DrJitendraSingh ji,
We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police action against the protestors. Hundreds of students have been arrested in Bihar and Bengal, and hundreds are being surveilled/harrassed in Delhi and other states. Multiple…
— Ashutosh Ranka (@AshutoshRanka) July 27, 2026
He said that if these demands aren’t met CJP will stage a protest again. He added that they also demand, “the written agreement around legal cases be shared with us by tomorrow, the aligned timelines with the Government of India.”
36-day CJP protest
This comes days after the outfit called off its 36-day protest after the Centre accepted its principal demand for the resignation of former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, with Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh assuring that no action would be taken against peaceful protesters.
The agitation, which began June 20 over alleged examination irregularities, had culminated in a 26-day hunger strike by Sonam Wangchuk before it was withdrawn after the government’s assurances.
‘Can’t lathicharge’, says Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court called for “a self-evolved discipline which is integral to the democratic process” and stressed the need for balance while stating that there cannot be police excesses or violence merely because there is an agitation. The three-judge bench, presided over by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, was hearing a clutch of petitions, including one by Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha, alleging police excesses against NEET demonstrators in Delhi and elsewhere.
“Right to protest, peaceful protest, lawful protest, is absolutely guaranteed under the constitutional scheme. So long as there is a peaceful agitation, merely because there is an agitation, there can’t be excesses,” CJI Surya Kant said.