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A special bench of the High Court raised questions regarding the custody, motives, and intentions behind the protest led by CGP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. Pulling up both leaders over their ages of 31 and 27, the bench questioned their association with protests labelled as Gen Z. The court highlighted the breaking of barricades at a denotified site, breach of signed peace bonds, and repeated calls for regime change. Citing student protests across European countries like France and Italy that escalated into violence and arson, the court underscored the necessity of taking police into confidence to control potential unrest during agitations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR issue. The leaders have now withdrawn their plea.

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00:00Five days plus two days of custody. The High Court heard the matter, it was a special bench
00:05and in that a lot of observations and questions were raised. About the age of Ashutosh Ranka
00:10and Saurav Das, how are they calling themselves Gen Z, when they are beyond the time or the age
00:14group that usually is considered Gen Z. Then the observations also coming in about the intention
00:20and motive of the protest but most important was, one the court saying barricades were broken,
00:26possibility of a crowd gathering at the site and there was a reason that the barricades were put
00:32at a site that was denotified for the protest. Amid all of this, the focus remained, this example
00:39of violent protests in Europe. That a student stir that led to arson and violence across Europe.
00:46The court is asking why regime change call was made. The High Court pulled up Das and Ranka asking
00:52them their age as well. Das and Ranka replied they are 31 and 27 respectively. The court saying
00:59that's not Gen Z, then what's their association with the protest that is being seen as Gen Z.
01:04The CGP leaders had protested against CC Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR issue, that was the second protest
01:09after NET. The CGP leaders have withdrawn their plea from the High Court now but what primarily the
01:15court said was look what happened in countries like France, Italy and more. And that is reflective of how
01:22what started with student protest but then clearly was overtaken with violence and arson.
01:35Let me help you understand one, how did the matter reach the High Court? It's now returned of course to
01:40the Delhi Court again. But why and how is the CGP back in focus? It is their future with regard
01:46to
01:46politics, social and more at stake. Now the High Court said Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, not Gen Z.
01:53The age group was asked and when they said 31 and 27, he said that's not even considered. Gen Z,
01:58how are you then leading the protest with that association and that name? The High Court bench
02:03questioning CGP's association and local stand-eye vis-a-vis the issues against the Chief Election
02:09Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, SIR exercise. And how is that the reason for this protest? The High Court
02:15citing then violence in the Europe stir, basically stating that there have been violence that started
02:22as a student protest, led with very significant issues, but then look what it turned into loot
02:27and arson and that is the reason you need to take police in confidence, you need to inform the police
02:32and they will accordingly be able to help control the crowd if it goes out of control. High Court
02:37questioning the repeated regime change call that became a political showdown. High Court added,
02:42people remain the same, it's the cause that has changed. High Court also questioning the breach on
02:52the signed e-spots.
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