‘Why not, he wasn’t waving the Tiranga’: CJP chief mocks VanDyke court order
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke on Friday criticised the Centre after a Delhi court allowed American mercenary Matthew Aaron VanDyke to travel to the United States.He linked the decision to the deployment of security forces in Delhi to prevent protests, alleging that forces had been moved away from border areas amid tensions with China."There are two big news update from today Mathew Vandyke the American mercenary who was training terrorists in Myanmar was allowed to go to US by the court. And why wouldn't he be we was "just" training terrorists and not waving the Tiranga. Another update is that our forces have said that it is tough to fight China.
And why wouldn't it be when the Modi government has taken forces out of border areas and deployed them in Delhi so that no one can protest in Delhi," Dipke said in a video posted on X.
A Delhi court on Friday allowed VanDyke to travel to the United States and extended permission for six Ukrainian nationals to remain outside India until February 24.Special Judge Prashant Sharma passed the order while hearing applications filed by the seven foreign nationals.
VanDyke and the six Ukrainians were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March 2026 for allegedly providing weapons and drone-warfare training to ethnic armed groups in Myanmar.Meanwhile, Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das appeared before a Special Executive Magistrate on Friday for verification of their sureties following their release from judicial custody.After appearing before the magistrate, Ranka said the movement would continue regardless of whether the party's leaders were in jail or outside."There was a verification process for our sureties. Everything went well, and we have been given a new date sometime in the third week of November," Ranka said.“The movement will continue. We are not leaders; we are custodians of this platform that the people of this country have given us, and we are just trying to do our best.
The movement will continue whether we are in jail or outside. We have learnt a lot about ourselves and how the regime operates. We will, of course, change and evolve as necessary,” he added.Ranka and Das were released from judicial custody after the Special Executive Magistrate's court accepted their personal and surety bonds and recorded their written undertakings to maintain peace and abide by the law.
In their undertakings, the two leaders pledged not to breach the peace or disturb public tranquillity.
They also agreed not to call for protests at Jantar Mantar until the site is denotified in accordance with the law, and said any future demonstrations would be held within the constitutional framework.“Further judicial custody does not appear to be necessary at this stage, particularly after written undertakings before this Court,” the court observed while ordering their release.Ranka and Das were detained in connection with an October 13 protest at Jantar Mantar, which had been denotified as a designated protest site. Police alleged that the two entered the area through private premises and violated conditions imposed to maintain peace.