Overview
- Two Cockroach Janta Party leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were arrested and sent to five days of judicial custody on allegations they breached peace bonds and entered Jantar Mantar after it had been denotified as a protest area.
- YSRCP chief Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy publicly criticised the detentions and urged restoration of trust in the electoral process, saying the arrests 'do not solve anything' and expressing sympathy for the detained leaders.
- Andhra Pradesh BJP leaders sharply attacked Jagan for defending the CJP pair, accusing him of double standards and pointing to past enforcement investigations linked to Jagan to challenge his stance.
- The CJP says the two were detained for unfurling the national flag and thanked Jagan for speaking up, while social media responses have resurfaced earlier critical threads by Saurav Das about an ED case tied to a company linked to Jagan's family.
- The arrests have intensified debate over the Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls and trust in the Election Commission and could increase scrutiny of protest policing, legal action over the custody, and calls for electoral accountability.