India, Aug. 3 -- The Cockroach Janta Party on Monday reacted to the Supreme Court's clarification on the release of detained student protesters and the withdrawal of FIRs against them. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das urged the BJP and NDA-led Centre and state governments to "honour assurances" and drop the cases against students.

The SC earlier in the day explained the caveat that it had added to its July 28 order, wherein it had directed that those arrested during the demonstrations be released immediately, except those with "criminal antecedents". The court clarified this on Monday, saying "criminal antecedents" would only pertain to "grave and heinous" offences.

Following the court's clarification, CJP spokesperson Das sad that the SC ha...