Guwahati, Oct. 14 -- Two Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, have been ordered to remain in judicial custody for five days after their detention during a protest near Jantar Mantar, party activist Ajinkya Shinde said on Wednesday.

He said the action would not stop the party from pursuing its campaign.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke confirmed that the two activists had been jailed and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of suppressing dissent.

He said their detention followed the unfurling of the national flag at Jantar Mantar and challenged Modi to officially proclaim an Emergency if he intended to silence opposition.

Shinde, who was also placed under preventive arrest with Das and Ranka, tol...