Opposition Leaders Condemn Arrests of Activists for Protesting at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi. Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has condemned the incident where KROJ Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five days of judicial custody. He stated that waving the national flag during a peaceful protest is not a crime.

Reacting on social media platform X on Wednesday, Gandhi said that jailing youths for waving the national flag is an act of cowardice. Mentioning that students, youths, journalists, and various groups of the opposition alliance are demanding citizens' constitutional rights, he said that Jantar Mantar in Delhi is a place for public protest and an environment will be created for the public to use it again.