Goa, July 28 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has threatened to resume its nationwide protest if the Centre fails to fulfill its promises to drop all FIRs against student demonstrators and end punitive actions. The warning comes after a recent Supreme Court interim order allowed governments to proceed with existing investigations.

In a statement, CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das argued that Direction No. 4 of the court order directly contradicts the government's July 25 pledge. Das noted that the CJP had called off its 36-day agitation at Jantar Mantar in good faith, trusting promises that cases would be dropped and no youth targeted. He questioned why government lawyers did not oppose the interim order, calling the court's direction ...