India, July 28 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's interim order allowed authorities to continue investigating FIRs registered during the nationwide student protests. The order was contrary to the assurances given by the Centre during negotiations that ended the protests at Jantar Mantar, the CJP said.

Chief spokesperson Saurav Das said that the party's understanding with the government was that FIRs against protesters would be withdrawn.

"The Supreme Court has now said that FIRs that were already registered will not be withdrawn. This is not what was discussed in our negotiations with the government," Das said in an interview.

"Our understanding with the government was different, and we expect it to ...