YS Jagan says CJP leaders’ arrests will only aggravate situation

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy said the arrests of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka would only worsen the situation and stressed the need to restore trust in the electoral process.

Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that the arrests of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka will only aggravate the situation.

The YSR Congress Party President took to social media platform X on Wednesday to react to the arrests of the CJP leaders in Delhi for trespassing into Jantar Mantar.

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“A proactive approach always yields better results than a reactive stance. The system has a flaw that needs to be corrected. Trust in the electoral process must be restored,” Jagan Mohan Reddy said.

“The arrests of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka do not solve anything; it only aggravates the situation. I empathise with Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka,” the former Chief Minister added.

A Delhi court sent the CJP leaders to judicial custody for five days.

Earlier, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao had criticised the arrest of CJP leaders. He termed the five-day judicial custody a new level of Emergency.

“If there is one group of people really fighting for this country’s future, it is the youth, the Gen Z of this nation. To imprison them because they are trying to clean up the system reeks of insecurity,” the former Telangana Minister said in a post on X.

“Slapping trespassing cases on Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka is absolutely uncalled for. Five-day judicial custody for waving Indian flags at Jantar Mantar is a new level of Emergency! Don’t forget that the country attained its freedom through protests and movements like these. Dissent is the cornerstone of any democracy,” Rama Rao said.

CJP founder and Convenor Abhijeet Dipke thanked Rama Rao for speaking out against the ‘illegal arrests’ of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.

“We are all in this together brother. Let’s fight for a better India. Jai Hind,” BRS leader Rama Rao said.